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Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.
 

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America's oddest export: mysterious ginseng root
32
Ginseng
Hacksaws are getting more versatile
38
Saws and sawing
Otter-torium shows otters as eaters
66
Otters
Sub rescues, four miles deep
69
United States Navy, Bathyscaphe, Diving bells, Submarines
What you'll find in the '64 cars
77
Automobiles (Design)
Perk up that plain wall
128
Birdhouses, Shelves and racks
Lawn cabana
131
Garden houses, shelters, etc
Ship ahoy, matey! back-yard sloop
136
Playgrounds, Home (Equipment)
Twelve MPH scoot-car
138
Toy automobiles
Bleach-bottle bonanza
146
Bottles

Return of the classic Cord
82
Sports cars
Riddle of the black boxes
86
Nuclear weapons (Testing, Manufacture), Seismology
Try to stop this mechanized billy goat
92
Motorcycles
Pushbutton eating center
96
Dishwashers, Furniture, Refuse disposers
He makes accidents obsolete
101
Frank J. CRANDELL, Geophone, Accidents (Prevention)
Games for boaters
106
Motor boat racing
Hydrostatic drive
112
Automobiles (Transmission)
Buying a good used camera
118
Cameras, Used
Model rotor-sailing ship
124
Rotor ship models
Buying or building docks, piers and floats
152
Docks, wharves, etc, Rafts
Motor that starts the motor
158
Automobiles (Starting)
Camp stool
164
Stools
How to stay alive on a ladder
166
Ladders, Accidents (Prevention)
I built this wood lathe for $10.67
170
Lathes
4x magnifying thickness gauge
174
Gages
Wake up to your song
176
Clocks, Electronic, Music boxes
Two-mile boat horn
178
Boat horns

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