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4462823Popular Mechanics, Volume 49, Issue 1 — Contents

Popular Mechanics Magazine
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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
Mirrors—help deaf children learn to talk 79
Money—air driers speed output of 96
Moving Pictures
camera and projector take pictures on paper 89
of birds and insects teach flying secrets 55
waves made with boxes 48
Museum—Philadelphia art, millions spent on curves that fool the eye 32
Navy—U.S., breaking the world's big gun record 66
Occupations—the most dangerous jobs 49
Ocean—Monaco, home of its story 97
Oil—search for, leads to sea on California coast 113
Orchids—grown under glass rival tropic kin 49
Pansy—four-inch blossoms 58
Playground Apparatus—fire escape as child's slide 25
Police—models help teach street location 39
Radio—short waves cast shadows 1
Radio—Aerials—ball antenna kit 124
Radio—Applications—voice starts and stops train 112
Radio—Batteries
five dollars builds A-battery and charger 121
homemade fuses on cable 124
snap terminals on leads 130
testing kink 131
Radio—B-Eliminator—resistance C-bias for B-eliminator 133
Radio—Condensers—fixed midget easy to wire 133
Radio—Installation—efficient radio ground 134
Radio—Pictorial 125
Radio—Receivers
bunched leads for sharp tuning 132
controlling tone and volume 133
selectivity feature of aero-dyne six 127
superheterodyne kink 132
Radio—Repairs—trouble-shooting kinks 134
Radio—Tubes
light-sensitive 136
new tube is self-neutralized 135
output impedance for power tube 131
power tubes used as detectors 132
Razor—safety, blade moves like mower's 10
Reindeer—herds of Alaska to supply future meat 102
Rubber
longer life for, seen in new treatment 78
as upholstering substitute for springs 114
Saws—motor bone, saves work for butcher 120
Seasickness—gas latest cure 4
Sewage Gas—as fuel to drive electric generator 94
Shale—makes concrete light without strength loss 114
Sharks—ship hunts sea terrors to make shoes 108
Shaving Accessories—lather bulb replaces brush 33
Ships and Shipping
running a seagoing hotel 18
speed boat to cross Atlantic in four days 8
when a ship is arrested 65
Siphon—employs bulb to start and stop 71
Skin—registers emotions 79
Skyscrapers—have they reached their limit? 34
Sled—with roller runners speeds over bare ground 74
Slippers—paper, given to hotel guests 45
Smokers' Accessories—pipe cleaning set in holder carried like pen 113
Smokestack
kept dark to protect birds 46
outline hidden with steel framework 57
Snowflakes—icy jewels of winter storms 116
Statue—Lincoln shown as lawyer 89
Steel—better and cheaper, by new process 103
Sugar
from wood 99
used as medicine in early ages 88
Swimming
bathers' push wheel adds sport to 88
spinning wheel adds sport 33
Taxes—aerial maps cut city 17
Television—fashion designs by radio 42
Tires—faults revealed by superspeed photos 81
Tongs—to remove clinkers save coal and dirt 14
Toothbrush
rotary, aids dental hygiene 39
with replaceable head, cleans between teeth 100
Towels—hotel, are popular souvenirs 120
Toys
endless track for train, novel window display 107
miniature castle doll house 17
Traffic—street guide, at curve, saves extra police 94
Trousers—protected from storms by waterproof covers 86
Tunnel—ten-mile under-sea (Japan) 16
Typewriting—chart to teach, saves students' time 112
Umbrella—growing handles 45
Vacuum Cleaner—hand-size, simplifies housework 99
Voice—defects in speech recorded to aid speakers 8
Volcano—model is feature of exhibit 25
Washbasin—for industrial plant, pedal saves time and water 57
Washer—has even grip to defeat vibration 53
Wasps—raised to fight codling moth 42
Water Pipes—why hot freeze more readily than cold 119
Weather—insects are prophets 107
Weather Vane—grasshopper, honors business man 64
Whales—tagged to aid study of habits 80
Wood—walnut trees grafted for beautiful grain 86
Workers—produce more today despite shorter hours 46
Zoo
animals' health guarded by special weather 74
sailors' pets form collection 99
sight-seeing bus for small boys 80


AMATEUR MECHANICS

Aquarium—top for 153
Automobiles
eliminating alcohol odors 152
locking Ford windows 151
Automobiles—Driving—natural gas for starting 142
Automobiles—Repairs—lamp for locating short circuits 141
Baby Chair—non-tipping 141
Bicycle—with auto steering wheel 156
Clock—how to level 156
Clothes Hanger—moth-proof 151
Clothesline—detachable reel 148
Door—silencer for sick room 151
Kitchen—filing cabinet aid in 152
Latches—for outside cellar doors 150
Lath—spraying speeds work 155
Mirror—campers' shaving 152
Paste—to squeeze from rubes 140
Photography—loading box aids field work 153
Rat Trap—simple way of deodorising 141
Ship Models—"Flying Cloud" 143
Skating—skate-sailing is thrilling sport 137
Sled—barrel stave 151
Snowslides—prevented by wire loops 155
Soap Bubbles—blowing giant 142
Valve Springs—uses for old 155
Wool-how to shrink darning 141

SHOP NOTES

Aluminum
etching on 175
how to mend with zinc 174
Automobiles
double wheels conquer soft dirt 158
packing for Ford window glass 163
Automobiles—Repairs—restoring contact of third generator brush 175
Automobiles—Tires—vulcanizing inner tubes 173
Belting—softening hard leather 176
Coal—easily built portable bin 175
Commutator—tool for cleaning 164
Crankcases—machine for lapping 162
Crucible—improvised electric 170
Draftsmen
accurate perpendiculars with a 2-foot rule 169
a timesaver for 159
reading glass for 163
Drawings—protected from being soiled 161
Drilling—vertical holes without drill press 163
Dumb-Waiter—how to build 171
Eave Trough—combination hanger 164
Fertilizer—continuous for the garden 161
Furnace—easy way to fill water pan 163
Garage—Equipment and Supplies small crane 173
Gaskets—renovating copper asbestos 173
Handle—to operate two cocks 162
Hay—baled, dolly for handling 169
Iron—drilling chilled cast 169
Lathe—fitting, to do job requiring larger swing 175
Paints—effective tool for stirring 160
Pipe
unscrewing thin tubing 174
well, removing driven 170
Piston—ring compressor 162
Pliers—have stop for bending wire 161
Potato—better plants 174
Pump—old, making new 165
Sandpaper—using in plane 161
Saw Frame—farm, uses for 160
Saws and Sawing—case for the tool chest 174
Tank—hot-water, insulating 157
Vegetables—handy containers for store 159
Wire—coiled by aid of copper pipe 172