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Contents: Science News – Magnet Bends Electron Beam; Reading Machine Spells Out Loud; March Of Science Science At Work – This Is A Needle Valve; Counting Fish For Bigger Catch; Your Phone Dial Computes Your Bill; New Welder Cuts Static; Magnet Holds Hangers; Army Gets “Weathermen”; Machine Polls Audience PS Features – This Oven Makes Oil Out Of Rocks; Life Line Bobs Up From Trapped Sub; Science Tries You Out On The Dog; Penthouse Hotel Has Ideas For Houses; New Scale Solves 129,000 Problems; Mock-Ups Preview Remodeling; Experimenting With Cold Light; Electric Cable Melts Snow Aviation – Gorgon IV Sets Record For Ramjets; Air Sled Weighs Less Than Pilot; I Flew Blind-On One Instrument; Speed’s New Foe: The “Heat Barrier”; New Crash Truck Fights Fires Fast; New Hydraulic Fluid Is Not Fuel Automobiles – “Caged” Jeep Needs No Roads; New Low-Cost Car; New Chevrolet Styled For Easy Upkeep; Biggest Motorized Crane; Robot Drills Crankshafts; They’re Not As New As You Think; Auto Glass Folds Up; Gus And The Car That Stopped; Hints From The Model Garage; New Brake Control Reduces Skids; How An Expert Repairs Brakes Radio & Electricity – What You Want To Know About TV; Television Rides Wires; Tester Built In Outlet Box; Beginner’s Radio Grows By Stages Inventions – New Ideas From The Inventors; Pint-Size Range Has Toaster; Fish And Crates Kept Clean; Flame Thrower Needs No Pump; Case Of The Vanishing Ramp New Products – Console Cabinet Hides Ironer; Spring Action Holds Doorknob Fast; Composers Now Can Type Own Music; Bathroom Is Prefabricated; Belt Fits Inside Trousers; Small Saw Has Big Bite; What’s New In Pipes; Spring Adapter Clamps On Can; New Reverse For Outboards; Dip-Stick Rod Heats Motor Photography – Gun Camera Shoots The Moon; Camera With F/1 Lens; Camera Makes Half-Mile Copies; Oil Fire Made To Order; Camera Gives Print In A Minute; Darkroom Safe Delivers Paper; Retouching Saves Spotted Prints Mechanics & Shopwork – Internal Carving Decorates Lamp; Make-Up Mirror; How To Make Laminated Bows; Fireplace Set Made Without Forge; Drill Water-Cooled For Plastic; Radio/Phono A Bedside Table; Carving Plastic Pipestems; How Wobble Saws Work; Pin Vise From Old Chuck; Drill-Press Foot Feed; Power Tools Mounted On Gun Turret; Tenoning With Power Tools; Homemade Tractor Is Jack-Of-All-Jobs; Nose Of Pliers Ground Down Home Mechanics & Handicraft – Rack Stores Household Tools; Rough-Hewn Coffee Table; Greeting Card Decorates Humidor; Using Flexible Glass; Luggage Tags Of Plastic; Extra Lamp Does Double Duty; Plywood Binds Album; Rush For Your Seats; Putting A Stapler To Use; Electric Steamer Removes Wallpaper; Tin Can Is Refrigerator Drawer; Bowl Cover Protects Bike Seat; Stand Supports Seedling Flats Departments – Letters; I’d Like To See Them Make; Voice Of Science; What’s Your Ingenuity Quotient?; New Tools; New Shop Ideas; Keeping The Home Shipshape; Photo Ideas And Equipment; News In Electronics; To: Reader-From: Editor
Issue: February 1949
Condition: Very Good