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»	Divers Explore New Depths in 1-Man Sub (Jan, 1933)
	Divers Explore New Depths in 1-Man Sub DEEP sea explorers are now enabled to fathom the ocean’s secrets to a depth of more than 815 feet, thanks to the invention of a (living suit which has been dubbed the “one-man sub.” Until recently divers could only descend to a depth of about 200 feet, while [...]
»	FLY-SIZE MOTOR RUNS (Jul, 1937)
	FLY-SIZE MOTOR RUNS So tiny that it rests easily on a finger nail, an electric motor constructed by an Italian youth weighs less than an ounce. The Lilliputian power plant has forty-five Parts and develops about eight-one-thousandths of a horsepower.
»	New Devices Lighten Work of Housewives (Oct, 1931)
	view additional pages New Devices Lighten Work of Housewives Science has invaded the home, much to the housewife’s benefit. Here are seven new inventions that greatly reduce the labor of household tasks, leaving more time for leisure. This compact container holds a pint of auto polish in top, polish cloths in bottom. The steam radiator [...]
»	SUBBER – TV Service Instruments for signal circuit analyzing. (Aug, 1974)
	SUBBER TV Service Instruments for signal circuit analyzing. When Castle introduced the TV Tuner SUBBER analyzing instrument a couple of years ago it became the first practical way to easily test the VHF tuner, UHF tuner and i.f. amplifier system of any TV receiver. Being lightweight, self contained and battery powered the TV Tuner SUBBER [...]
»	Lobbyist for Hobbyists (Oct, 1949)
	view additional pages Lobbyist for Hobbyists “You need a hobby,” warned the doctor. So Dave Elman dug up more than 500,000 pastimes—for other people. By Fred Horsley “PICK any noun in the dictionary, and I’ll name you a hobby for that word,” Dave Elman, the originator of radio’s Hobby Lobby, boasted as he leaned back [...]
»	SUBMARINES MEAN SUBSTITUTES (Jan, 1942)
	view additional pages SUBMARINES MEAN SUBSTITUTES To produce weapons, we must give up many “daily necessities.” Here’s the story of the sacrifices we must make. by W. M. Kimball MAYBE you’ve noticed it already. There isn’t any opener tucked into your box of beer in cans. There’s a slight yellowish tinge to your white wrapping [...]
»	WHEELCHAIR CAR (Oct, 1956)
	WHEELCHAIR CAR HAROLD YOUNG of Downey, Calif., has a car designed expressly for wheelchair users. The driver gets in and out without help. Controls, including a push-stop, pull-go lever, are designed for the handicapped. The three-wheeler has directional signals as well as standard lights. Transmission uses a Togaloc clutch, chain drive to jackshaft, V-belt drive [...]
»	Butyl ‘n Beauty (Jan, 1947)
	Butyl ‘n Beautyon display at left herald a new style automobile inner tube designed to prevent the rapid deflation of air in the event of a puncture. Waffle-like construction causes a squeezing action around nail holes. Butyl is a synthetic rubber which retains air better than the natural product. The beauty—not synthetic—is Rae Caldwell. Paris [...]
»	MEN MADE TO ORDER (Jun, 1941)
	I wish you could still just put your name and city as your address. MEN MADE TO ORDER Fit Your Abilities To The Opportunities You have unused talents and mental powers. Learn to develop those faculties of mind which today’s world of business demands. Start life anew—without changing your affairs. Write the Rosicrucians for free [...]
»	Flying Missiles CAN Be Stopped! (Oct, 1949)
	As opposed to the walking kind? Also, henceforth I am going to use the spelling “computor”. By the way, if you’re at all interested, this army training video detailing how an mechanical fire control computer works is amazing. view additional pages Flying Missiles CAN Be Stopped! Here is a sure-fire plan to down supersonic rockets [...]
»	Chin Plate Stops Mouth Breathing (Dec, 1936)
	Chin Plate Stops Mouth Breathing AN ADJUSTABLE chin plate has been developed by Oliver Lowry, Meridian, Miss., which, if worn at night while sleeping, eliminates mouth breathing, the principal cause of “whistling” and snoring. The device consists of a padded metal plate that fits the contour of the lower jaw. Adjustable elastic bands insure a [...]
»	THE MAN WHO COULDN’T KEEP A JOB – by Timmins (Oct, 1932)
	THE MAN WHO COULDN’T KEEP A JOB – by Timmins 1. WELL, I START MY NEW JOB TOMORROW. LET’S HOPE THIS ONE LASTS! I’M TIRED OF HAVING TO CHANGE SO OFTEN. NEVER GETS YOU ANYWHERE OH, I WANT YOU TO MAKE GOOD! BUT DO BE CAREFUL ABOUT LITTLE THINGS 2. LITTLE THINGS? WHAT WAS ELSIE [...]
»	Big Dealings on California Beach as Beauties Use Mammoth Cards (Jul, 1930)
	Big Dealings on California Beach as Beauties Use Mammoth Cards MAMMOTH playing cards suitable for outdoor use have recently become the fad with society beauties on the California beaches. The photo shows a poker game in progress with paper plates used as chips. The cards are waterproof and very durable, and while a trifle too [...]
»	What’s a RAM? (Aug, 1974)
	Honestly, I scanned this entire article because I liked the title. view additional pages What’s a RAM? The vocabulary of engineers or experimenters working with computers, synthesizers, electronic calculators and similar digital devices is replete with acronyms you should know. RAM is one, read on to find out what it is and how it’s used. [...]
»	IT’S NEW! (Jul, 1956)
	view additional pages IT’S NEW! EMERGENCY FLOATS being tried here by Sikorsky S-55 helicopter can be inflated by pilot for any unscheduled landings on water. TV COMBAT CAMERA developed by Army enables scout to send up-to-the-minute battle pictures to command post. VACUUM CLEANER built by U. S. Hoffman Machinery Corp. weighs 15 tons, cleans runways [...]
»	Wild West in Miniature (Mar, 1950)
	Wild West in Miniature 1. The stagecoach is here! And for keeps, thanks to Mary Crouch who has carved a tiny western town out of wood. Three years of research went into the project. 2. Mrs. Crouch’s son and helper. Worth, envies the rough but colorful life of the frontiersmen who enliven the realistic village [...]
»	Jantzen ad – any girl can be beautiful and new (Jun, 1954)
	any girl can be beautiful and new … thanks to Jantzen “shape – insurance” “shape-insurance” is a marvelous new Jantzen figuremaking technique… the big sensation in swim suit design. It assures you continuous performance in the department of slimming, smoothing, curving and planing … moulds you a lovely bustline and holds it forever and ever [...]
»	Television Picture Attachment Uses Any A.C. Set for Sound (Aug, 1939)
	Television Picture Attachment Uses Any A.C. Set for Sound Utilizing the chassis and loud speaker of any a.c.-operated radio for accompanying sound, this table-model attachment reproduces television images for direct viewing. It plugs into your regular receiver in the same manner that you would connect a record player. The picture is 3-3/8 in. by 4-3/8 [...]
»	MI Tests the Crosley ‘Hotshot’ (Oct, 1949)
	view additional pages MI Tests the Crosley ‘Hotshot’ By Tom McCahill A “warm missile” is one way our English cousins might sum up the new Crosley “Hotshot.” Whatever you call it, though, this brand-new, miniature American sport car should prove a fiery shot in the arm to its big, somber American contemporaries. This new car [...]
»	Portland’s Zoo Railway (Feb, 1959)
	Looks like this train, plus two others are still going strong at the Portland Zoo. view additional pages Portland’s Zoo Railway HAPPY tots and smiling adults ride around the new $3,859,000 Portland, Ore., zoo on America’s latest railway—the Portland Zoo Railroad Co. The rocket-styled, Diesel-powered Zooliner hauls three gleaming Skydome coaches and a luxurious club [...]
»	HE TAKES PEOPLE FOR A RIDE (Jul, 1956)
	view additional pages HE TAKES PEOPLE FOR A RIDE Bill Schmidt keeps them thrilled and safe at Chicago’s Riverview, world’s largest amusement park. By Stan Holden EVERY year nearly 2,000,000 persons go to Chicago’s Riverview Park to have fun. One individual, however—a husky six-footer named William B. Schmidt—goes there to have trouble. It’s part of [...]
»	THE POGONOTOMIST (Jul, 1956)
	THE POGONOTOMIST MOST men shave their faces and are relieved to stop there. But Elbridge J. Casselman keeps going. He shaves his left arm every day and gets paid for it. As pogonotomist (comes from the Greek pogon for beard) for the Gem Safety Razor Corp., Mr. C. devotes his time to finding out how [...]
»	In a Single Spoon… the power of all the world’s radium (May, 1954)
	November 2011 was the sixtieth anniversary of cobalt 60 being first used to treat cancer successfully in a Canadian woman. In a Single Spoon… the power of all the world’s radium So terrifyingly powerful is Cobalt 60 — radio-active offspring of the atom bomb and great new weapon in the fight against cancer — that [...]
»	Battle Between the Sexes (Jul, 1964)
	view additional pages Battle Between the Sexes Right from the start we train our children for a war between men and women. By Walter R. Stokes, M.D., LL.B. Why do we have violent, humiliating conflicts between the sexes? How can we stop them? Ideally, whether you were born male or female, there should be no [...]
»	HAVE YOU LIVED BEFORE? (Jul, 1956)
	No, I haven’t. Also, doesn’t this seem like an advertorial? view additional pages HAVE YOU LIVED BEFORE? Have we new reason to believe—as men have believed for ages—that we have had other lives and will return again? By C. J. Talbert YOU are going back, back . . . three years old … two … [...]
»	SCAMPER (Jul, 1956)
	view additional pages SCAMPER Using an air propeller, this model zips along at 40 mph as a car and does 20 as a ski-equipped boat. By Paul Del Gatto BUILT as a car, this model is a supercharged bundle of energy. Free-running, it surges forward as if shot from a cannon and tops 40 mph. [...]
»	Which star is nearest your age? (Oct, 1932)
	TEENS – TWENTIES – THIRTIES – FORTIES Which star is nearest your age? “Beauty is not a matter of Birthdays” Screen Stars declare—and these pictures prove it Which one of these lovely favorites is near your age? Do you, too, know that beauty is not at all a matter of birthdays? “We must keep youthful [...]
»	Plane Drops Motor in Case of Fire, Then Lands as Glider (Aug, 1929)
	Plane Drops Motor in Case of Fire, Then Lands as Glider Danger of fire breaking out in an airplane engine in flight gives promise of being eliminated by the perfection of a new method of mounting motor and gas tanks which permits them to be dropped from the fuselage of the plane in case of [...]
»	Photographs STAR Moving 4800 MILES A SECOND (May, 1930)
	This article is interesting for a number of reasons. One of the most interesting is that M.L Humasen was a high-school dropout who got a job as a janitor at Mt. Wilson Observatory where the was later made a member of the astronomical staff . He went on to take many of the observation that [...]
»	Music Writing Device Records Notes Played on Piano (Oct, 1930)
	Music Writing Device Records Notes Played on Piano IF STRAY melodies are always running through your mind and you are averse to setting them down on music paper at the moment of your inspiration, you will find this music writing piano, shown with its inventor, at the right, Dr. Moritz Stoehr, a great help in [...]