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Contents: Highlights Of This Issue – Concentrating Collectors For Solid Heating And Cooling (They focus the sun to produce high temperatures for still cheaper energy); The Fascinating Science Of Burning Wood For Home Heating (Successful stoves use less fuel, provide more heat over a longer period); Tomorrow’s Taxi – Comfortable, Compact, Economical (Two U.S. prototypes are steam-powered; Volvo uses diesel, VW, a hybrid); Gas Welding – Getting Started Is Easier Than Ever (Here’s all you need to know to take up this remarkably useful shop tool) Cars And Driving – PS Car Test: Small Sports Cars; New Honda Accord; Opel 2100D – GM’s Future Diesel; Tomorrow’s Taxi; General Motors For ’77; AMC For ’77; Detroit’s Wild New Fancy Vans; Installing A Digital MPG Meter Energy News – Using Waste Heat From A/C; Solar Concentrating Collectors; Energy Adventure: Solar Homestead New Products And Inventions – Dictation Minder; Body Scanner Cuts X-Ray Exposure; Hospital Sky Tram; Elliptical Bike Sprocket; Tornado Detector; Fireplace Circulates Hot Water; Camera Backpack; Veneer-Strip Construction Timbers; Robot Mailman; Solar Dehydrator; Anchor For High-Rise Rescue Rig; No-Break Computer Power Generator; Run-Flat Plastic Tires; Dry-Transfer Sheets You Make Special Fall Home-And-Hardware Section – Convert Your Shop To Fluorescents; Heat Cables To Freezeup-Free Pipes; Replacement Faucets; VOM For Appliance Diagnosis; It’s Easy To Fix Toilet Tanks; Painting Tools; Textured Stucco: New-Look Walls Home And Yard – Precision Grass Cutter; Lightweight Snowthrowers; Burning Wood For Home Heating; High-Efficiency Filters Stop Dirt; Leisure Home: RV Chalet; A/C Economizer Tools And Techniques – Getting Started In Gas Welding; Paintbrush Cleaners What’s New Digest – Sun Shower; Cartop Carrier; Satellite-Relay Dish Antenna; What’s New In Boating; What’s New In Tools; What’s New In Home Improvement; What’s New In Electronics; What’s New For Your Car Electronics – Two New Portable Phones; Electronic Stopwatch From A Kit; A Digital Multimeter You Build New Technology – Lab For Road Lighting; Harbor Radar; Vortex Tubes Blow Hot And Cold; Wood Stove Heats His Whole House Without Ducts Outdoor Recreation – Ingenious New Boating Gear; VW’s Diesel Camper; Battery-Powered Canoe Regular Features – PS Readers Talk Back; Science Newsfront; New Ideas From The Inventors; Boating Beat; Detroit Report; “Say, Smokey-“; Through The Viewfinder; PS/What’s News; Shop Talk; Wordless Workshop; Taking Care Of Your Car; Motorcycling; PS Readers’ Product Information Information
Issue: October 1976
Condition: Very Good