December 1945 issue of Popular Science

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One of the highlights is a story explaining how nuclear power—remember, this is only five months after Hiroshima and Nagasaki—could be harnessed peacefully, to produce energy in America. The piece includes diagrams showing how a nuclear generator might be designed. Fun for comparing with the cutaways of modern nuclear reactors that Cory posted last week.

Also neat:

  • A piece on the development of auto-pilot technology.
  • A guide to working with color photography
  • A story about one man's collection of 36 working, scale-model engines

Popular Science, December 1945

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