Popular Mechanics

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Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.
 

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Lusitania treasure to be raised
177
Lusitania (Steamship), Salvage (Ships)
Battle of the giants
182
Automobile racing, Automobiles
What is man's greatest invention?
189
Inventions, Writing
Truth about wild animals in the movies
194
Animals in motion pictures
Giant's task, cleaning Statue of liberty
203
Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.)
Artist in wood carves his figures from life
273
Emil JANEL, Wood carving
Photos taken in the dark
275
Infrared photography
Man behind ocean flight heroes
280
James Henry Kimball; 1874-1943, United States Weather Bureau, Aviation (Transatlantic flights)
Push-pull C. W. transmitter is easy to build
290
Radio transmitters
Pentode amplifier without altering old sets
293
Amplifiers

Manchuria, what is it all about?
210
Railroads (Manchuria (China)), Manchuria (China) (Industries)
Machine replaces men in developing film
215
Motion picture photography (Developing and developers)
Why a huge liner runs amuck!
218
Hydrodynamics, Ships
Camera tricks in the talkies
227
Motion picture photography
What aviation offers you
232
Aviation
Secrets of icebergs' birth
243
Icebergs
Better heat from cheaper coal with blower
246
Heating
How much do you really see?
248
Vision
How to avoid the tricks of the pickpockets
252
Crime and criminals
How to find the strength of a rope
256
Rope
Magic for everybody
259
Magic tricks
Steel backing for brick makes better house
264
Brick construction
With the Chinese pirates
266
Pirates, China (Defenses)

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