# Amazing stuff in Popular Science from years ago

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**Created:** [December 6, 2008, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-stuff-in-popular-science-from-years-ago/475983 "2008-12-06T09:17:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-stuff-in-popular-science-from-years-ago/475983/1 "2008-12-06T09:17:47Z")

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Google has put every issue of Popular Science of the last century on line. I have started reading issues in the 20’s and it is amazing how many things there are still around. From the mundane like a maids cart that looks remarkably like what they still use today, to a huge tank to test hull designs that looks like something out of NASA to a street cleaning machine that has all the basics.

Sometimes we forget how smart our predecessors were. Any dopers have favorites from the series? I plan on reading most of the issues.

Here is a link.

[http://books.google.com/books?id=DyoDAAAAMBAJ](http://books.google.com/books?id=DyoDAAAAMBAJ)

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-stuff-in-popular-science-from-years-ago/475983/2 "2008-12-06T09:20:42Z")

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[You’re late to the party.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=495981)

[Enjoy the article on how to iron your clothes with a squirrel during a nuclear attack.](http://books.google.com/books?id=JyEDAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0)😉