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11 unusual facts about Popular Mechanics


Apex Tool Group

Winner of Popular Mechanics' 2006 Breakthrough Award for its Rapid-Slide variant.

Battle of Leyte Gulf

To this end, the US Navy provided most of the information to the publication Popular Mechanics to publish an article on the battle showing the American public that the battle had gone exactly as Halsey had planned.

General Motors High Value engine

These engines (aside from the LX9) are the first cam in block engines to implement Variable Valve Timing, and won the 2006 Breakthrough Award from Popular Mechanics for this innovation.

Harry Bernstein

He also wrote freelance articles for such publications as Popular Mechanics, Family Circle and Newsweek.

Hyundai Elantra

However, real-world test by Popular Mechanics showed significantly­ better fuel economy than EPA estimated MPG.

JC Whitney

Roy proposed expanding out from the Chicago-area with a nationwide catalog and placed an ad in Popular Mechanics for sixty dollars.

Joplin Union Depot

Designed by the Canadian-born architect Louis Curtiss, the station was featured in the January 1912 edition of Popular Mechanics for its use of mining waste in the concrete.

Narayanan Komerath

In May 2003 Popular Mechanics reported that Komerath had found a way to crush the rocks in the asteroid belts using electromagnetic waves and assemble them into radiation shields and structures where humans could live, among other purposes.

Popular Mechanics

A recurring column is "Jay Leno's Garage" featuring observations by the famed late-night talk show host and vehicle enthusiast.

Shooting-brake

In 1999, Popular Mechanics presented a 2001 Jaguar five-door wagon variant of its S-Type, saying the term shooting-brake was interchangeable with station wagon.

Windbelt

The Windbelt's inventor, Shawn Frayne, was a winner of the 2007 Breakthrough Award from the publishers of the magazine, Popular Mechanics.


Johnson Smith Company

The company would normally put ads in magazines devoted to children and young adults such as Boys' Life, Popular Mechanics and Science Digest.

Porges

Seth Porges, technology journalist, television commentator, and editor at Popular Mechanics magazine

Replica Titanic

In 1989, Popular Mechanics magazine explored the feasibility of such projects, in consultation with Neil Gallagher of the Webb Institute.