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Argyl Houser, Bookseller, Altadena, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 5 February 2015
Worn but very clean. Pages clean and unmarked with moderate toning. Exterior covers clean. There is a price sticker on the front cover. There are quite a few small chips, tears and creases to front and back covers and the occasional chip, tear or crease to a page. Splitting and peeling to the top and bottom of the spine. The magazine will be packed with a backing card, bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy, flat box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "Can We Read Each Other's Minds?" (Edwin Teale describes some amazing tests that throw light on telepathy); "Crewless Lightships Controlled by Radio" (Automatic warning devices replace men in perilous offshore stations); "Photographer of Insects Records Strange Life Dramas" (Andrew R. Boone lets you watch rare snapshots being made in nature's underworld); "Circus Scout Finds New Thrills for the Big Top" (A. Morton Smith introduces you to the man who discovers the stars of the arena); "Strange Oil-Hunting Craft Runs on Land, Water or Mud" (How prospectors invade marshes with 'divining' instruments, told by Grover C. Mueller; "Science Catches Up with Fiction" (Weird dime-novel 'inventions' that have come true); "Raise Your Own Wool on a Back-Yard Rabbit Ranch" (Some pointers from John E. Lodge on a pleasant and profitable hobby); "Boys Build Battleships in Navy-Yard Apprentice Schools" (Kenneth M. Swezey shows how Uncle Sam trains men to forge his new sea defenses); plus "Cars Get Antiskid Device" (Automobiles); "Water Jets Prevent Shocks" (Automobiles); "Novel Engine Tester" (Automobiles); "Starts Motor to Warm It" (Automobiles); "Tests Car Headlights" (Automobiles); "Springs Make Wheels Safe" (Automobiles); "Kinks for Auto Owners" (Automobiles); "Planes Get Lightweight Wings" (Aviation); "Generates New Aviation Fuel" (Aviation); "Plane Replants Forest" (Aviation); "Mental Effect of Altitude" (Aviation); "Airport Has Mile-Long Runways" (Aviation); "Our Readers Say--"; "New Tools for Home Building"; "The Man with the Net"; "Un-Natural History"; "Latest Household Inventions"; "Ghost Lights in the Sky"; "Home Tests with Chemical Colors"; "Microscope Stains and Reagents"; "Simple Scientific Stunts"; "New Ideas for the Radio Fan"; "An Arm-Chair Radio Set"; "Your Car's Thermostat"; and "The Home Workshop". Seller Inventory # ABH7533
Title: Popular Science Magazine March 1937 Volume ...
Publisher: Popular Science Publishing Co., New York, NY
Publication Date: 1937
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket As Issued
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