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Popular Mechanics Magazine
200 E. Ontario Street, Chicago, U.S.A.
H. H. WINDSOR, FounderH. H. WINDSOR, Jr., Editor and Publisher

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Entered as Second Class Matter Sept. 16, 1908, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March 3rd, 1879.
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Published monthly by POPULAR MECHANICS CO.Copyright, 1928, by Popular Mechanics Co.Copyright in Australia. Copyright in France

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Accidents—traffic, the most dangerous hour	90
Acrobat—Berlin, loops the loop on his head	100
Airplane
automatic steering gear increases safety	33
brake on propeller to aid in landings	58
British Schneider cup winners carry ballast	4
made more stable with vane controls	54
"sea flea" for ocean flight develops high speed	81
to fly straight up	10
Ambergris—wealth from	43
Amusement Parks—there's money in it, but—	59
Aquarium—used as rural church	71
Archæology—digging up Bible lands	26
Architecture—artistic brick buildings show German skill	87
Army—portable footbridge of pipe aids drills	113
Army Maneuvers—blanketing the sky with curtain of death	95
Art
models in glass	15
pictures chiseled in brass latest fad	41
Automobiles
gearless car run on turbine principle	63
springs as long as the car add comfort	54
striping made easy with pencil painter	81
Automobiles—Accessories
baggage carriers like car body	46
compressed-air jack operated by turn of wrist	7
disappearing bed adds comfort	17
folding luggage trunk serves as trailer	98
heated windshield wiper	57
map like roller shade	119
Automobiles—Driving
ball in tube tests brakes	39
"game" tests skill	45
limitless-speed highway in Italy	9
overhead straps warn of crossings	40
Automobiles—Equipment and Supplies
battery filler keeps water at right level	99
glare shade for mirror aids safer driving	96
Automobiles—Lighting—light shines around curves	10
Automobiles—Tires—air-service station eliminates gauge	74
Aviation
dummy flyers help make air safe	104
flexible-cable landing light prevents damaging plane	64
flying boat links Hamburg to London	115
life raft inflated by gas as parachute drops	86
to be helped by movies of air currents	64
Awning—adjusted to sun to protect goods	88
Basket Ball—without lacing	16
Blotters—black, for banks, to defeat forgeries	7
Bears—hunting with camera	82
Boats and Boating—rowing drill in one-man tank	107
Bridge—new $30,000,000 for New York	57
Building Material—excelsior blocks for homes	109
Cactus Apples—raised for jelly and candy	46
Cafe—in form of large shoe recalls nursery rhyme	103
Calculating Machine—solves problems too deep for brain	15
Canaries—that sing jazz gain in popularity	115
Church—ancient, built without nails	55
Cigaret—that lights itself	9
Clock
floral, helps draw trade	87
sway of high building stops	103
Cookstove—concealed in cabinet, reduces odors	114
Cotton—rival seen in ancient plant	25
Crime—rogues gallery of movies to help catch crooks.	58
Dance Hall—like monoplane is resort novelty	79
Disease
camera shows how eyes reveal	63
menace of fly's footprints revealed by microscope	109
weird image health guards abandoned in Korea	120
Doughnuts—cooked at table in electric mold	94
Earthquakes—thousands a year	8
Egg Timer—sandglass, rings bell when done	78
Electric Generator—giant "hoop" for, is marvel of welding	106
Electricity—electrical "man" obeys voice on phone	5
Electric Lights—plug in ceiling socket aids in cleaning lamps	96
Electric Power—load fluctuations shown by solid model	112
Elephants—royal Indian wear gem-studded robes	41
Engine—burns oil and water	16
Eyes—40,000 glass used yearly in U.S.	25
Fair—taxicabs and camels meet at oriental	72
Fingerprints—duplicated with machine	103
Fire Engine—tractor fitted as, for forest service	3
Fire Fighting—spray nozzle on hose to reduce damage	99
Fire Prevention—in the home shows good housekeeping	100
Fish and Fishing
catching big game fish from small boats	73
fish from tropics travel in luxury to zoo	72
the stickleback fans its young to supply oxygen	106
wrecking of old ships urged to improve fishing	63
Floods—caging behind steel and concrete	47
Flooring
low-cost parquetry, easily laid	64
maple, beauty shown by stain	42
Flowers—"sick" revived by artificial sunlight	89
Football—stop watch to end disputes	115
Furniture
is heavier in summer	114
toy cardboard, child can build	120
Garage
electric hands move cars in tall	106
in electric liner latest travel aid	119
Gas—to be made at coal mines and piped to cities	79
Gas Mask—efficient as diver's helmet	7
Gold
giant nugget kept by bank as reserve	18
that turns black, found in Australia	63
Gold Mining—eight-cent digger earns millions	75
Grapes—canning aided by stem remover	89
Grass Seed—"fiddle" that sows helps golf-course keeper	4
Guns—trigger guard prevents bruised fingers	93
Hay Fever—victims aided by pollen collectors	65
Hearing—tester of children's	54
Household Devices	110
House Plan	176
Hydroglider—steered by motors, to cross Atlantic	96
Ice—chemical used to freeze water pipe	48
Ice Cream—weird architecture helps sell	101
Imagination—putting to work	50
Industry—center of	7
Insulation—removed from wire by timesaving tool	72
Jewels—that aided Columbus valued at half million	30
Kite—shaped like monoplane	119
Laundry—uses steel boxes to collect packages	17
Life—oldest living things	41
Light—invisible used at garden fete	40
Locomotives—sixty-five years of progress in	56
Lumber—skylining our	11
Lunch Car—moved on giant casters	48
Mail—air, dropped from plane for forest patrol	85

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