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Contents: In This Issue – Blitzkrieg; Quicker Than A Wink – And Then Some; Sea Giants On Parade; Super-Speed Roads Of Tomorrow; Why Not Try The Easy Way?; Get Into The Swim; Seeking Power For Space Rockets; Dress Rehearsals For Danger Aloft; Tuning In The Next President; Miracle Men Of The Corn Belt; Keeping The Midget Racers Rolling; Minutes That Mean Eternity; Homing Pigeons On The Night Shift; Trappers Of Lightning Automotive – Mirrors For Auto Show Side And Rear Views; Motorcycle With Retractable Outrigger Wheels; Army Trucks “Go Over The Top” In Tests; Globular Road Maps Magnified For Easy Reading; New Car Model Displayed On Horizontal Bar; Independent Wheel Springing For Trailers; Air-Speed Indicator On Door-Type Mirror; Auto Assembly Of Mechanisms Developed Centuries Ago; Hot Plate Vaporizes Turpentine Used As Motor Fuel; One-Man Towing Bar Attached Without Tools; Motorized Chair For Invalid; Air-Powered Vacuum Cleaner For Service Stations; Auto Clinic On Wheels Diagnoses Car Ills Aviation – Flying Nurses “Bail Out” With First-Aid Kits; Hydraulic Starter Designed For Light Planes; Three-Dimension Map Shows Scheduled Flights; Luminous Signal Hails Navy Seaplanes To Port; Fall With Parachute Has Little Effect On Man; Radio Headlight To Guard Planes From Collision Farm – Plant Marker In Glass Tube Is Weatherproof; Uniform Fertilizer Spreader Can Sow Seeds; Cultivator Helps England “Dig” For Victory Household – Stainless Steel Wallboard Resists Corrosion; Water Heater With Table Top; “One-Way Peephole” In Door Reveals Caller Models – Village Has Lighted Homes And Street Lamps; Building A City To Order; Engine Weighing Half An Ounce; Electric Model Of Element Shows Nuclear Changes; Tin Soldier And Gun Advertising Gas Station; Life Size “Last Supper” Sculptured In Plastics Photography – Portable Miniature Enlarger Packs In Small Case; Four Lights For Darkroom In Single Fixture; High-Speed Portrait Of A Sneeze; Photofloods Worn As Headgear Radio And Electricity – Ultra-Compact Marine Radiotelephone For Small Craft; Capacity-Operated Vacuum-Tube Switch; Two-Tube “Phantom” Record Player Uses A Loop; Hints For Radio Experimenters; Built-In Vertical Loop Proposed For Television; Miniature Camera-Type Set For Hikers; Portable Receiver Has Detachable Loop Antenna Science And Industry – Electric Brain Plays Chinese Game Of Nim; Six Auto Engines Team As Power-Plant; Iron Mines In Lake Charted Through Ice; Melting Pills Tell Temperature Of Heated Metals; 100,000,000-Volt Atom Smasher Sports – Straps Hold Runner Until Starter Fires Gun; Grooved Rack Trains Football Place Kickers; Football Blocking Indicator For Each Player Tools – Offset Ratchet Screwdriver For Close Quarters; Portable Wrench Cabinet Has Workbench Top; Drill Attachment Cuts Rivets From Plane “Skin”; Pliers Cut Flexible Cable And Strip Wires; Foot-Powered Saw Clamps To Bench; Powered Chain Saw Is Efficient Under Water War – Four-Gun-Man In A “Blister” Guards Bomber; Fire-Control Tower Is The Battleship’s “Brain”; Training Big Guns Of A Floating Fortress Miscellaneous – Navy Torpedo Boats Fight Warship Or Submarine; Light Bulb With Reflector Inside; Water Boiled In Fireproof Paper; Rail Sleeper Has Three-Story Berth; Ballon Warns Pilot Movie Is Being Filmed; Cup-Shaped Sun Shades Fit Like Glasses; Life Span Gains Twenty Years Since 1870; Metal Clip For Brace Work Strengthens House; Coin-In-Slot Movie Machine Shows Seventy-Foot Film; Heroic Ten-Ton Plaque Cast In Steel; Perisphere Dwarfs Painters Crawling Over It; “Strongback” Moves Boardwalk To New Location; Elephant Feet Form Legs Of Table; “Stop-And-Go” Halts Long-Winded Speakers; 4,000,000 Pound Test Rack Crushes Concrete Craftsman And Shop Notes – Automotive – Preventing Shifting Of Ice Load In Truck; Auto Shortcuts; Anchoring Temporary Boot On Tire; Combination Brush And Leaf Wedge; Handle On Truck Tailboard Serves As Step; Hole In Instrument Panel Holds Your Pipe; Creeper Improved By Shifting The Casters; Holding Inner Tubes Under Water For Testing; Water Short-Circuits Generator Cutout; Weight Sounds Horn While Testing; Clogged Line To Gasoline Gauge Cleaned With Wire; Device To Locate Compression Leaks; Guards On Creeper Casters Allow Free Action Camping, Hunting, Fishing – Keeping Rain Out Of Tent-Pole Openings; Minnow-Trow Keeps Bait Alive; Simple Fire Starter; Avoiding Loss Of Tackle When Fishline Snags; Rubber-Hose Hanger For Fishing Rod; Copper Wire Replaces Winding On Fishing Rods; Self-Closing Pocket For Fishhooks Farm – Furrow Chain Aids In Steering Tractor; Orchard Ladder Clamps To Limb; Rotating Hook Assembly For Use In Barn; Rake Tooth Makes Humane Tether Spring; Fishpole Tether For Mother Hens; Seeder For Replanting Hill Crops; Brake Drums Serve As Farm Signal Gong; Rim Prevents Clogging Of Tractor Lugs; Rugged Hand Truck For Farm Use Home Improvements – Bookcase Hides Chimney In Attic; Braces Steady Eves Troughs; Putty Knife Beveled To Simplify Glazing Windows Household – Care Of Iron Kettles; Solving Home Problems; Scrubbing Brush Silks Corn; Paper Towel Rack To Hang Under Shelf; Extra Coil Improves Gas Hot-Water Window; Flowerpot Rack Hooks On Window; Pattern Helps Fit Linoleum Around Fixed Objects; Vacuum Cup Prevents Window Shade Flapping Lawn And Garden – Hinged Sides On Wheelbarrow Make Dumping Easy; Spring Holds Bed Knife Of Lawnmower Down; Gauge Aids In Cutting Hedgr Uniformly; Belt Acts As Compass To Circle Around Tree; Net Has Gas Chamber To Kill Insects; Stakes Help Position Croquet Arches Easily; Care Of Lilac Bushes; Stakes In Flower Bed Keep Dogs Out Office – Freezing Pen To Assemble It; Inkstand Holds Two Bottles And Has Pivoted Cover; Headrest For Cradle Telephone; Eraser Held On Typewriter By Vacuum Cup Photography – Suitcase-Type “Darkroom” Carried With You; Mark On Jug To Measure Hypo; Notebooks As Photo Albums; Punch Mark Photo Film For Identification; Rockers On Tank To Agitate Developer; Tape On Lens Checks Focus; Drying Line From Paper Clips And Spring; Flashlight On Camera Aids In Focusing; Plate Scraper Used As A Squeegee; Rubber Bands Show Age Of Developer; Slot In Bench Catches Paper Scraps Power Tools – Holders For Your Drill-Press Accessories; Five Toy Motors Convey Basic Ideas; Clamp Holds Cord Out Of Way Of Sander; Avoiding Chatter In Slender Lathe Boring Tools; Cutting Accurate Miters On A Circular Saw; Sliding Motor Mount Serves Bench-Top Machines Store And Shop – Dividing Butter Prints Accurately; Padlocked Front On Cabinet Keeps Contents Safe; Brake System For Shop Hand Trucks; Removing Hat-Box Cover Easily; Cardboard Trough Assures Even Borders On Tickets; Position Of Stovetop Damper Located Accurately; Tailor Carries Pins On Wrist Toys And Novelties – Tree House For Little Tots; Motor-Driven Merry-Go-Round Seats Six; Electric-Train Lights Stay On All The Time; “Barrel Bronco” Gives A Thrilling Ride; Container For Marbles Of Chinese Checker Game; Amusing Animal Toy Can Change Its Face Woodworking – Snack And Beverage Tray Cut From Plywood; Magazine Rack Of Plywood; Building Jack Serves As Veneer Press Miscellaneous – Sealing Knots And Stains Against Bleeding; Improvised Holder For Crocheting Materials; Anchoring Brace Or Guy Wires In The Ground; Bumper For Coaster Wagon; Paper-Plate Spools Store Pieces Of Wire; A Rowboat Goes Sailing; Beach Umbrella Has Folding Table; Spider-Web House Numbers And Wall Ornaments; Tennis-Table Apron Keeps Ball From Rolling Under It; Twin Pier Cabinets; Tension Spring Protects Guy Ropes; An Aid In Docking A Boat Single Handed; Pencil Electrode For Arc-Soldering Outfits; Stepping Stones Made Light By Reinforcing Them; Bookbinding For Fun Or Profit; Two Alterations That Improve Arc-Soldering Outfits; Frayed Cable Repaired With Copper-Wire Wrapping; Chromium Plating Simplified; Adjustable Rail On Sawhorse Has Many Uses; Gas-Torch “Compass” To Cut Metal Disks; Emergency Repair For Copper Tubing
Issue: August 1940
Condition: Very Good