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Contents: Special Features – Our Supersonic Air Force (Our planes will speed faster than sound); Bell’s XS-1 (Can this plane crack the supersonic barrier?); Good Shooters Are Safe Hunters (You certainly don’t want to kill anyone!); Is Your New Car Safe? (Check the danger points in your new car); English Austin (MI‘s auto expert tests this new import); Atomic Sub vs. Atomic Bomb (Atomic fission will power – and arm – our subs); Wine From Our West (California’s grapes make mighty good wine); Supersonic Tester (Flaws are detected through ten feet of metal); Planting Gun (Here’s a gun used to plant trees); Davy Jones’ Choir (Who’d have thought fish make such a racket); High-Speed Bail-Out (These inventions allow escape at high speeds); Plane-Auto (Maybe you’ll fly-drive this plane-auto); Lion Grows A Wing (Coming this way – a 50-passenger wing); Radar Spook (There’s a ghost riding the radio waves); Wheel And Covered Wagon (The life preserver was never like this); Science In Pictures; Wild-Life Miniaturist (Tiny as the animals are, they seem alive); A Look At Your Nerves (Our nervous system is a bundle of miracles); Art On Metal (Paintings can be made to live forever); Primping The Plaster Gals (The pretty dummies have to be kept pretty); Circus Roundup (Which creature makes the most noise?); Setting Pretties (No wonder fine jewelry costs so much) Crafts And Hobbies – Cabinet Makers’ Clamps; Jivin’ Up The Jeep (From a battle car to a pleasure car); Snootie (A Class A free-flight contest plane); Purse Rack (A companion piece appears on page 142); Tool Degausser (A demagnetizing unit to take tha “stick” out of tools and parts); Quick-Change Gear Box (A 56-feed lathe attachment); Audio Oscillator (For code practice and testing purposes); Ornamental Balance Scale (A novel house plant holder); Plastic Basket (Molded by hand); Smoker’s Book Table (“At ease” with pipe and book); Car Care (MI‘s M.D. (Motor Doctor) advises his patients); Tips For The Homes; New Products; Handy Walkie (A shopping go-cart); Bike From A Trike (A real two-wheeler built from a tricycle); Boats And Boating (This month: Practical advice on winter storing); Shop Shorts; Cake Server (A project to please your wife); MI Plans; Monthly Photo Contest; Portraits In Gold (Miniatures with interchangeable backgrounds); Buying A Used Camera? (Take a look before you buy); How To Use Farmer’s Reducer; Question Box; Are You Steady? (That is, when holding your camera); Rotary Tie Rack (After you have built the Purse Rack on page 105, try your hand on this)
Issue: October 1946
Condition: Very Good