Chicago: Popular Mechanics Company, 1955. Book. Very Good-. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to. 270 pp. Light edge and corner wear but with some wear at the head and foot of the spine and a crease on the front. Profusely illustrated with photograhs, drawings and diagrams. As well as the great articles, the list of which follows, there are also some fairly interesting ads: Johnson Sea Horses; Champion Spark Plugs - with Jimmy Bryan; Harley Davidson Hummer; Evinrude; Edgeworth Pipe Tobacco; Charles Atlas; You Go Places Faster in the U. S. Air Force; and many, many more. This issue contains: Can We Blame the Sun for Stormy Weather; Hit-Run Rocket Launcher; The Hams Have a Man of the Year; TV Crosses the Horizon; Keeping up With the Atom; Paul Revere Ships Join the Lookout; Detroit Listening Post; What to Do When Lightning Strikes; Whaler to Double as Supertanker; Prestressed Tile Bends Without Breaking; The Owners Report on the 1955 Dodge V8; They Build Their Own Planes; What's New for Your Home; Skin Divers...Play it Safe; Sculpture in Copper; Mr. Ladybug; Radio, TV and Electronics. FOR THE CRAFTSMAN - Wrought-Iron Dinette Set; Solving Home Problems; Completing the PM Precut House; Patterncraft-Lamps and Planter; Tow-Tow-Tow Your Boat; Keep Warm in Winter, Cool in Summer-Conclusion; All-Weather Tent Has Tubular-Steel Frame; Rebuilding Old Auto Engines; Make Your Own T-Bolts and Clamps; High-Speed Sanding on Your Drill Press; Shopping for Tools; and Clinic for Homemakers..

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Bookseller: W. Fraser Sandercombe (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 223843
Title: POPULAR MECHANICS - Volume 103, number 6 - June 1955
Author: Windsor, H. H. (editor)
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good-
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Popular Mechanics Company
Place of Publication: Chicago
Date Published: 1955
Size: 4to
Keywords: rocket launcher; ham radio; television history; atoms; lightning;

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