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February
In This Issue - Wonder "Food" For Plants; It's Easy To Fly Your Own; Uncle Sam Helps Himself; Winning Races In The Pits; The Big Eye Takes Shape; Super-Senses Of Science; There's Magic In Everything; Radio Goes To War; Army On Wheels - Part II; The Young Giant Of Sport; The Rookie Goes To College; How Long Can Germs Live?; America's Dinner Rides The Rails; Counting Noses; Making Better Home Movies Automotive - Pliers With Milled Slots Remove Snap Rings; Tire Has One White And One Black Sidewall; Dashboard Light Warns When Battery Needs Water; Oil-Insulated Ignition Coil Has Hotter Spark; Incubator Ambulance Carries Babies In Safety; Expander Installed Without Removing Piston; Handy Card File For Automobile; Swamp Car Pulls Self Through Mud; Sidecar Loud Speaker Used By Police; Highway Sign Flashes When Car Passes Aviation - Parking Airplanes On Their Noses Saves Space; Steel-Hearted Aerial Camera; Safety Belt Is Worn Like Suspenders; Mechanical Brain Computes "Flight Plan"; Target Plane Controlled By Radio; U.S. Aircraft Plants Produce 15,000 A Year; Fliers Watch Own Planes Land By Television; Movies Of Takeoff Help Study Of Army Planes; Super-Liner To Fly 500 Over Atlantic; Fast Scout Plane Joins Navy; Thermocouples On Glider Detect Rising Currents Boats - Air-Propelled Boat Glides Over Shallows; Three-Man Submarine Makes 1,800-Foot Dive; Folding Metal Boat Trailer Household - Bed In "Minute Man" Design Trimmed With Guns; Six-Cup Tray Of Ice "Cones"; Electric Biscuit Baker For Top Of Table; Fan In Furnace Chamber Saves Lost Heat; Waffle Iron And Sandwich Toaster In One; Beanbag Ash Tray Can't Be Upset; Suction-Cup Hook Serves As Vacuum Lever; Weatherstrip Put On Without Removing Window; Wacuum Cleaner Bag Is Easy To Empty; Electric Iron Presses Clothes On Or Off Photography - Low-Cost Photo Print Driers; Camera Attached To Kite Snaps Aerial Photos; Flash Bulb Nicknamed "Mighty Midget" Radio And Electricity - Antenna "Paddles" Sharpen Television Signals; Tiny Water-Cooled Lamps In Giant Searchlight; Short-Wave Helmet Delivers A Radio Facial; "Hot Sticks" Repair High-Power Lines: Improved Radio Equipment For Small Craft; Beginner's Two-Tube Flashlight-Battery Set; Electrical Recording For Home Or School; Practical Radio Hints; Combination Reading Lamp And Radio For Bedroom; Portable Receiver Works On Batteries; Small Playroom Phonograph Is Motor Driven Science And Industry - Stainless Steel Applied To Iron At Low Cost; Ear Mask Protects Welder From Flying Sparks; Side Vision Tested To Find Driving Dangers; Prefabricated Track Laid In Sections; Alcohol Changes Iron To Steel; Atom-Smasher Latest Aid To Science; Safety-Belt Shock Absorber Breaks Fall; Gold Made From Platinum By Radium Gun; Sun's Corona Poses For A Television Picture; Lungfish Shipped In Can Of Dried Mud War - Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Has "Outrigger" Guide; Suit Of Armor Worn By Modern Soldier; Submarine Freighter To Evade Sea Raiders; Camera Fights Paintbrush In Camouflage War; Semi-Automatic Rifle For U.S. Army; London Is Ready For "Blackout" Emergencies Miscellaneous - Ski-Cycle And ice Bike Give Thrills; Sun's Heat Trapped In Roof To Heat Home; Mowing With Rotating Disks; Forest-Fire Fighters Parachute Into Treetops; Vise Holds Work At Angle For Machining; Bicycle Converted Into Tandem; Giant Oxen And Covered Wagon; Chart Plots Danger Of Fire From Forest Conditions; Interlocking Steel Shingle Is Waterproof; Slingshot Marksman Rivals Pistol Tricks; Telescope On Car Sells Peeks At Prison; Pillow Slips And "Dry Diving" Beach Fun; Model Steel Mill Carved From Wood And Ivory; Picture "Painted" With Inlaid Wood; Mines And Bridges Tested In Centrifuge; Storage Battery For Flashlight; Double-Deck Ambulance Cart Wheeled By Hand Craftsman And SHop Notes Automotive - Streamlined Midget Trailer; Celluloid Protects Upholstery At Bottom Of Door; Hub Cab Raises Wheel To Put On Chains; Quieting Noisy Hood Fasteners; Truck Endgate Serves As Stop; Vacuum Cup Covers Lock To Prevent Freezing; Auto Shortcuts; Bleeding Hydraulic Brakes Easily; Offy-Waste Lubricates Springs; Shields For Bumper Guards To Prevent Scratching; Warning System Aids Truck Backing To Platform Electrical - Shock Absorber Protects Flashlight Bulb; Brass Shim Stops Relay Sticking; Simple Tester For Short Circuits; Homemade Sign Flasher Farm - Insulating Pipe To Water-Storage Tank; Water-Pumping Engine Drives Grinder; Cleaning Cistern Without Removing Water; Auto Rim Protects Poultry Fountain; Hinged Windows Held Open By Iron Strip; Strong Wire Stretcher Made Easily; Simple Hitch Evens Pull Of Unmatched Team; Muslin Impregnatad With Wax Substitute For Glass; Pocket In Barn For Brush And Currycomb Furniture - Graceful Three-Tier Table; Furnishing The Doll House; Tubular Furniture Assembled WIth Babbit Plugs; Cabinets Fitted With Flat Drawer Pulls Hand Tools - Rings On Plumb Bob Provide Reel For Cord; Rubber Grip For Tool Handles; Simple Wire Bender; Tool-Handle Wedge Held By Corrugated Fastener; Monkey Wrench Turns Pipe; Simple Clamp For Light Work; Special Saw Cures Sticking Doors; Plate On Pliers To Help Hold Small Work; Lip On Chisel Avoids Flying Particles; Brad Keeps Wooden Wedge From Loosening; Scale Fixed To Angle Plate Saves Time; Sleeve Aids In Drilling Through Round Work Household - Everyday Uses For Rubber Suction Cups; Oil-Soaked Logs Burn Briskly In Fireplace; Absorbent Ruffles Slip On Stems Of Glasses; Solvint Home Problems Office - Stencils Cut From Old Negatives; Pocket On Typewriter Holds Eraser; Sponge Rubber Helps In Mimeographing Cards Photography - Splashless Pan To Wash Photo Films; Movie Titles That "Live"; Imitating Spotlight Effects On Photos; Tilting Head Tripod For New Photoflood Lamp; Camera Lens Shade From Trouser Belt; Easy Panoraming With Any Tripod; Handling Photo FIlm And Paper Power Tools - Chuck Attached To Drill Press WIth Screws; Fun With Steam Engines; Index Indicator On Lathe Saves Time; Jig To Form Coil Springs Quickly; Lathe Turns Large Discs; Rubber Bands Protect Grinding Wheels; From Pattern To Casting; Blast Burners You Can Make Store And Shop - Work Leveled With String And Envelope; Trough On Workbench Catches Small Particles; Shipping Clerk's Pencil Writes Several Colors; Shoe Trees Serve As Tag Holders; Novel Fruit Display Simulates Active Volcano; Sheet-Metal Worker Moves Flat Pieces With Mallet; Removing Enamel Letters From Glass; Washing Machine Actuates Sign; Gummed Tape Aids In Laying Out Sheet-Metal Work Woodworking - Gluepot Made From Two Tin Cans; Scrolled Hot Pads Of Plywood; Playing Cards As Template For Irregular Work; Medicine Dropper Spreads Glue Thinly; Wall Rack FOr Handsaws Miscellaneous - Block Holds Wood Saw While Sharpening It; Glass Rods Light Up Clock Face; Burlap-Sack Tray To Sort Vegetables; Paintbrush Kept Off Bottom Of Pail; First-Aid Equipment Slipped Into Car Quickly; Rigging Ship-Model Deadeyes; Soldering Torch Tip Shielded By Pencil Eraser; Waterproofing Seams Of Leather Shoes; Drip-Painting Flowerpots Gives Novel Effect; Slotted Bottle Stopper Vents Funnel; Novel Shell And Table Ornaments In Brass; Simple Motor-Reversing Switch; New Designs For Doghouses; Close End Of Acid-Core Solder After Using; Skull Caps Of Paper Easy To Fold; Oilcan Is Handy Gluepot; Rubber Pockets In Drawers Store Small Parts; Cannibal King Guards Ash Or Cigarette Holder; Rubber Thumbtack Tray On Drawing Board; Horseshoes Improve Chopping Block; Portable Holder For Artists' Ink And Pens; Trick In Uncoiling Wire Cable Avoids Kinks; Opening Drain Outlet On Roof; Slotted Wood Strip Saves Base Of Miter Box; Paper Clip Keeps Show-Card Brushes Shaped
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August
In This Issue - Blitzkrieg; Quicker Than A Wink - And Then Some; Sea Giants On Parade; Super-Speed Roads Of Tomorrow; Why Not Try The Easy Way?; Get Into The Swim; Seeking Power For Space Rockets; Dress Rehearsals For Danger Aloft; Tuning In The Next President; Miracle Men Of The Corn Belt; Keeping The Midget Racers Rolling; Minutes That Mean Eternity; Homing Pigeons On The Night Shift; Trappers Of Lightning Automotive - Mirrors For Auto Show Side And Rear Views; Motorcycle With Retractable Outrigger Wheels; Army Trucks "Go Over The Top" In Tests; Globular Road Maps Magnified For Easy Reading; New Car Model Displayed On Horizontal Bar; Independant Wheel Springing For Trailers; Air-Speed Indicator On Door-Type Mirror; Auto Assembly Of Mechanisms Developed Centuries Ago; Hot Plate Vaporizes Turpentine Used As Motor Fuel; One-Man Towing Bar Attached Without Tools; Motorized Chair For Invalid; Air-Powered Vacuum Cleaner For Service Stations; Auto Clinic On Wheels Diagnoses Car Ills Aviation - Flying Nurses "Bail Out" With First-Aid Kits; Hydraulic Starter Designed For Light Planes; Three-Dimension Map Shows Scheduled Flights; Luminous Signal Hails Navy Seaplanes To Port; Fall With Parachute Has Little Effect On Man; Radio Headlight To Guard Planes From Collision Farm - Plant Marker In Glass Tube Is Weatherprooj; Uniform Fertilizer Spreader Can Sow Seeds; Cultivator Helps England "Dig" For Victory Household - Stainless Steel Wallboard Resists Corrosion; Water Heater With Table Top; "One-Way Peephole" In Door Reveals Caller Models - Village Has Lighted Homes And Street Lamps; Building A City To Order; Engine Weighing Half An Ounce; Electric Model Of Element Shows Nuclear Changes; Tin Soldier And Gun Advertising Gas Station; Life Size "Last Supper" Sculptured In Plastics Photography - Portable Miniature Enlarger Packs In Small Case; Four Lights For Darkroom In Single Fixture; High-Speed Portrait Of A Sneeze; Photofloods Worn As Headgear Radio And Electricity - Ultra-Compact Marine Radiotelephone For Small Craft; Capacity-Operated Vacuum-Tube Switch; Two-Tube "Phantom" Record Player Uses A Loop; Hints For Radio Experimenters; Built-In Vertical Loop Proposed For Television; Miniature Camera-Type Set For Hikers; Portable Receiver Has Detachable Loop Antenna Science And Industry - Electric Brain Plays Chinese Game Of Nim; Six Auto Engines Team As Power-Plant; Iron Mines In Lake Charted Through Ice; Melting Pills Tell Temperature Of Heated Metals; 100,000,000-Volt Atom Smasher Sports - Straps Hold Runner Until Starter Fires Gun; Grooved Rack Trains Football Place Kickers; Football Blocking Indicator For Each Player Tools - Offset Ratchet Screwdriver For Close Quarters; Portable Wrench Cabinet Has Workbench Top; Drill Attachment Cuts Rivets From Plane "Skin"; Pliers Cut Flexible Cable And Strip Wires; Foot-Powered Saw Clamps To Bench; Powered Chain Saw Is Efficient Under Water War - Four-Gun-Man In A "Blister" Guards Bomber; Fire-Control Tower Is The Battleship's "Brain"; Training Big Guns Of A Floating Fortress Miscellaneous - Navy Torpedo Boats Fight Warship Or Submarine; Light Bulb With Reflector Inside; Water Boiled In Fireproof Paper; Rail Sleeper Has Three-Story Berth; Ballon Warns Pilot Movie Is Being Filmed; Cup-Shaped Sun Shades Fit Like Glasses; Life Span Gains Twenty Years Since 1870; Metal Clip For Brace Work Strengthens House; Coin-In-Slot Movie Machine Shows Seventy-Foot Film; Heroic Ten-Ton Plaque Cast In Steel; Perisphere Dwarfs Painters Crawling Over It; "Strongback" Moves Boardwalk To New Location; Elephant Feet Form Legs Of Table; "Stop-And-Go" Halts Long-Winded Speakers; 4,000,000 Pound Test Rack Crushes Concrete Craftsman And Shop Notes - Automotive - Preventing Shifting Of Ice Load In Truck; Auto Shortcuts; Anchoring Temporary Boot On Tire; Combination Brush And Leaf Wedge; Handle On Truck Tailboard Serves As Step; Hole In Instrument Panel Holds Your Pipe; Creeper Improved By Shifting The Casters; Holding Inner Tubes Under Water For Testing; Water Short-Circuits Generator Cutout; Weight Sounds Horn While Testing; Clogged Line To Gasoline Gauge Cleaned With Wire; Device To Locate Compression Leaks; Guards On Creeper Casters Allow Free Action Camping, Hunting, Fishing - Keeping Rain Out Of Tent-Pole Openings; Minnow-Trow Keeps Bait Alive; Simple Fire Starter; Avoiding Loss Of Tackle When Fishline Snags; Rubber-Hose Hanger For Fishing Rod; Copper Wire Replaces Winding On Fishing Rods; Self-Closing Pocket For Fishhooks Farm - Furrow Chain Aids In Steering Tractor; Orchard Ladder Clamps To Limb; Rotating Hook Assembly For Use In Barn; Rake Tooth Makes Humane Tether Spring; Fishpole Tether For Mother Hens; Seeder For Replanting Hill Crops; Brake Drums Serve As Farm Signal Gong; Rim Prevents Clogging Of Tractor Lugs; Rugged Hand Truck For Farm Use Home Improvements - Bookcase Hides Chimney In Attic; Braces Steady Eves Troughs; Putty Knife Beveled To Simplify Glazing Windows Household - Care Of Iron Kettles; Solving Home Problems; Scrubbing Brush Silks Corn; Paper Towel Rack To Hang Under Shelf; Extra Coil Improves Gas Hot-Water Window; Flowerpot Rack Hooks On Window; Pattern Helps Fit Linoleum Around Fixed Objects; Vacuum Cup Prevents Window Shade Flapping Lawn And Garden - Hinged Sides On Wheelbarrow Make Dumping Easy; Spring Holds Bed Knife Of Lawnmower Down; Gauge Aids In Cutting Hedgr Uniformly; Belt Acts As Compass To Circle Around Tree; Net Has Gas Chamber To Kill Insects; Stakes Help Position Croquet Arches Easily; Care Of Lilac Bushes; Stakes In Flower Bed Keep Dogs Out Office - Freezing Pen To Assemble It; Inkstand Holds Two Bottles And Has Pivoted Cover; Headrest For Cradle Telephone; Eraser Held On Typewriter By Vacuum Cup - Suitcase-Type "Darkroom" Carried With You; Mark On Jug To Measure Hypo; Notebooks As Photo Albums; Punch Mark Photo Film For Identification; Rockers On Tank To Agitate Developer; Tape On Lens Checks Focus; Drying Line From Paper Clips And Spring; Flashlight On Camera Aids In Focusing; Plate Scraper Used As A Squeegee; Rubber Bands Show Age Of Developer; Slot In Bench Catches Paper Scraps Power Tools - Holders For Your Drill-Press Accessories; Five Toy Motors Convey Basic Ideas; Clamp Holds Cord Out Of Way Of Sander; Avoiding Chatter In Slender Lathe Boring Tools; Cutting Accurate Miters On A Circular Saw; Sliding Motor Mount Serves Bench-Top Machines Store And Shop - Dividing Butter Prints Accurately; Padlocked Front On Cabinet Keeps Contents Safe; Brake System For Shop Hand Trucks; Removing Hat-Box Cover Easily; Cardboard Trough Assures Even Borders On Tickets; Position Of Stovetop Damper Located Accurately; Tailor Carries Pins On Wrist Toys And Novelties - Tree House For Little Tots; Motor-Driven Merry-Go-Round Seats Six; Electric-Train Lights Stay On All The Time; "Barrel Bronco" Gives A Thrilling Ride; Container For Marbles Of Chinese Checker Game; Amusing Animal Toy Can Change Its Face Woodworking - Snack And Beverage Tray Cut From Plywood; Magazine Rack Of Plywood; Building Jack Serves As Veneer Press Miscellaneous - Sealing Knots And Stains Against Bleeding; Improvised Holder For Crocheting Materials; Anchoring Brace Or Guy Wires In The Ground; Bumper For Coaster Wagon; Paper-Plate Spools Store Pieces Of Wire; A Rowboat Goes Sailing; Beach Umbrella Has Folding Table; Spider-Web House Numbers And Wall Ornaments; Tennis-Table Apron Keeps Ball From Rolling Under It; Twin Pier Cabinets; Tension Spring Protects Guy Ropes; An Aid In Docking A Boat Single Handed; Pencil Electrode For Arc-Soldering Outfits; Stepping Stones Made Light By Reinforcing Them; Bookbinding For Fun Or Profit; Two Alterations That Improve Arc-Soldering Outfits; Frayed Cable Repaired With Copper-Wire Wrapping; Chromium Plating Simplified; Adjustable Rail On Sawhorse Has Many Uses; Gas-Torch "Compass" To Cut Metal Disks; Emergency Repair For Copper Tubing
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