Popular Mechanics Magazine AUGUST 1957 Vol. 108 Number 2 

Mint Condition!


Aug 1957
248 pages
Vol. 108, No. 2
ISSN 0032-4558

Turn the pages on this delightful journey back to August 1957 with Popular Mechanics. This vintage magazine is a treasure trove of technological wonders, ingenious inventions, and futuristic visions.

Highlights include:


Contents


How much oil has Russia?
56
Petroleum industry (Soviet Union)

Saga of the DC-3
65
Airplanes, Freight, Airplanes, Military transport

How you can spot the satellite
72
Artificial satellites (Tracking)

Iron curtain cars
78
Automobiles, Foreign

Railroad laboratory cuts operating costs
80
Locomotives

Companion phono plays records anywhere
142
Phonograph

Trailer for campers
145
Automobile trailers, Camping (Equipment)

Ordinary table salt can be made to serve many purposes
148
Salt

Cabin lock
149
Locks and keys

Swing is to door furniture
150
Furniture

Gold cup racers aim at 200 miles per hour
82
Motor boat racing, Motor boats

Trailer home folds for travel
90
Automobile trailers

Trapeze take-off for Ryan Vertijet
95
Airplanes, Vertical take-off and landing

Power shovel has eighty-ton bite
96
Excavating machinery

What you can learn on an economy run
100
Automobile engines (Energy usage)

Which grass for your lawn?
106
Grasses, Lawns

Seagoing game wardens
113
California Dept. of Fish and Game, Game wardens

Owners report: Mercury styling makes big hit with owners
118
Automobiles

Driving the Mercury Montclair
123
Floyd Clymer; d. 1970, Automobiles (Testing)

He dreamed up his own narrow-gauge
126
Bob BUCHMANN, Model railroads

They find water on the desert
131
Groundwater, Water supply (Southwestern States)

Hop, skip and jump land
134
Playgrounds (Equipment), Monterey (Calif.) (Parks)

In the interest of higher fi
141
Audio systems

Featherweight tent for two
156
Tents

Hoist eases boat cleaning
161
Hoisting equipment

Can you name 'em?
162
Kitchen utensils and appliances

Carry luggage on top
165
Automobiles (Equipment)

Build a moon watch telescope
170
Telescopes

Correcting for parallax
173
Viewfinders (Photography)

You can handle those small concrete jobs
174
Concrete work

Back-yard ferris wheel has three speeds
178
Ferris wheels

New auto horns are better
182
Automobile horns

Solder clamping small parts
185
Solder and soldering

Use the right hanger
189
Hardware

Steel tubes support Swedish spans: Skagerak
240
Bridges