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Popular Mechanics

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Jan 1960
300 pages
Vol. 113, No. 1
ISSN 0032-4558

Published by Hearst Magazines

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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Contents

It's income tax time	32
Income tax
America's need for 100,000 newly-trained mechanics	48
Mechanics (Persons)
Water under Long Beach stops that sinking feeling	82
Subsidences (Earth movements), Long Beach (Calif.)
Masters of explosives	97
Blasting
5000-mile game of catch	116
Guided missiles (Recovery, Tracking)

How do they measure up?	178
Automobiles (Statistics)
World's biggest auto show	179
Automobiles (Exhibitions)
Solutions for hard-starting problems	184
Automobiles (Starting)
Trouble shooting the tough ones	188
Automobiles (Maintenance and repair)
Hanging bifold doors	191
Doors

Strange shapes on the campus	126
Lake Erie College, College architecture
Visitors see Tokyo from world's highest tower	128
Towers, Tokyo (Japan)
Electronic guide steers canal builders	130
Canals
Arkansas farmers harvest rice and fish	138
Agriculture (Arkansas), Fish industry
American automobile	144
Automobiles (History)
1960 parade of cars	151
Automobiles
Foreign cars, 1960	162
Automobiles, Foreign
How good are the compact cars? Popular mechanics use test	168
Automobiles (Testing)
Those new compact-car engines	172
Automobile engines
Gauges are not just ornaments	175
Gages

Inexpensive stools from discarded items	195
Stools
Soldering tips	207
Solder and soldering
Leather tooling is easy	208
Leather work
Wetter water makes chores easier	212
WETTING agents
Form-turning tools	224
Forming tools, Turning (Machine work)
Hacksawing can be easy	230
Saws and sawing
Holes in line	233
Drilling and boring
For the quality you want, at a price you can afford	238
Sound equipment
Building an equipment cabinet	242
Cabinets (Furniture)

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