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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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Published monthly by POPULAR MECHANICS CO.Copyright, 1928, by Popular Mechanics Co.Copyright in Australia. Copyright in France

Vol. 49
Contents for January, 1928
No. 1
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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