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Contents: Science NewsScience At Work – Machine Weaves Faster; Invalids Get A Lift; Water Shuts Hose Valve; Giant Press Bales Autos; Pile Driver Runs Itself; Millionth Inch Gauged; Navy Films Lake Bottom; Tests Show Chemical Fire Hazards PS Features – Iron Horse Trims Its Own Hoofs; How To Use An Abacus; How Ice Cream Gets On A Stick; Contour Maps Of Men Aid Tailors; Trains Get Ferry Rides; Nickel-Cadminum Battery Lasts Longer; 10-Boy Toy Train Goes 12 m.p.h.; Self-Serving Museum; Navy Workshop Follows The Fleet; Model Jets Top 140 m.p.h.; Locomotive Carved In Wood And Ivory; Selecting A Car-Top Boat Aviation – What Can Our Bombers Do Now?’ Getting Bugs Out Of Jets; What’s New In Aviation; This Is The Plane That Outflies Sound; Rescue Jumpers Learn Survival Automobiles – Midgets Invade Ball Park; New Garage Has Built-In Efficiency; Handy Box Aids Driver; Gunning The Hot Rods; Do You Know Your ’48-’49 Cars?; Dash Light Warns Of Low Oil Supply; Hints From The Model Garage; Gus Gets Broken In By A New Helper; Adding Vacuum Brakes To A Trailer; Homemade Light Checks Timing; Test Turbine As Auto Power Plant Inventions – New Items From The Inventors; Electric Tee Helps Lazy Golfers; Machine Types Simplified Music New Products – Crane Lifts Big Load; Camp Stove Fits Pocket; Chair Doubles As Lounge; Glass Blocks Form Wall; Tractor Has Rear Engine; To Warm Or Cool You; Cord Has Soft Rubber Plugs; Implement Carrier Built Like Bridge; Rake Used With Light Tractor; Sprinkler Has Hidden Pipes Photography – Compact Enlarger Yields Fine Prints; Photo Ideas And Equipment Mechanics And Shopwork – Big Chisel Forged From Spring; New Gifts From Old China; Circles And Curves With Hand Tools; Screwdriver Folds To Pocket Size; Making Hollow Punches To Order; Homemade Stapler For Booklets; Homemade Cut-Off Wheel Slices Steel; Grinder Is One-Tool Workshop Home Mechanics & Handicraft – Map Measurer Rolls Off Miles; Coffee Table Has Sliding Top; Desk Dinosaur Minds The Mail; Pin Vise Makes Small Drill; Picnic Bag Keeps Food Cold; Paint It With Rayon; Ball-Point Pen Makes Stylus; Worm Holes Produced By Burr; Typing Table Has Its Own Wastebasket; Thumb Indexing With Engraving Tool; Whatnot Shelf Lighted From Below; Outboard Stand Built Of Pine; Porch Seat Keeps You In The Swing; Cultivator Uses 3/4-hp Engine; Two-Way Latch Opens Linen Closet; Drill Held In Collet By Wires; How To Shorten Tiny Screws; Raise Your Own Eggs On A Shelf; Insulation Straps Homemade; Jug Hitch Lugs Jug; Laying Parquetry Floors Radio & Electricity – News In Electronics; Tuning Eye Makes Old Radio Look Up; External Speaker For Car Radio; New Antennas Chase “Ghosts” Departments – Letters; The Voice Of Science; I’d Like To See Them Make…; Keeping The Home Shipshape; Aids To Modern Living; What’s Your Ingenuity Quotient?; New Tools; New Shop Ideas; Editorial Memo
Issue: August 1948
Condition: Very Good