Thanks of the Google Books page, that makes navigating a lot easier.

YES! My life is now complete.

Browse by issue here:

http://books.google.com/books/serial/ISSN:01617370?rview=1&source=gbs_navlinks_s

jumped back to an issue in 1941.

these air raid suits look a little ominous:
http://i46.tinypic.com/14cy0x4.jpg

I used to love popular science as a kid. And “How stuff works”. They both kind of suck now. It seems like popular science is more “the latest overpriced gadgets” than anything useful.

WOW! Finally!

In browse mode, how do you get to the really old ones? Google seems to stop the search results at 100 pages of results, which only goes back to 1926.

How to browse by date or issue:

First, go to advanced search.

http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search?rview=1

Next, enter “01617370″ into the ISSN (as the commenters above helpfully provided). That will limit the search to only pop sci magazine issues.

Finally, narrow down your search by publication date.

i am amazed what 15 years technologie evolution represents. ( i am 17)
its strange that some ideas comes again and again:
a camouflage that changes color with the environment, computer aided. page 62
maybe not doable at that moment, but now …
http://books.google.com/books?id=RudyJP1ByycC&printsec=frontcover&dq=issn:01617370&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=1&as_miny_is=1900&as_maxm_is=1&as_maxy_is=1995&num=30&as_brr=0&hl=fr&rview=1&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false

oh and a little more down page 70 they talk about NASA budget that is shorten. their saying something like “the first man on the moon was the last” and it is still true ^^

juste amazing
*sry for bad english*

@Sam: thanks for the browsing/searching hint, very useful!

@Wes

That would be Popular Mechanics.

Oh, and I love to be the guy who rubs it in.

nevermind
hackaday DIDNT real my emails
http://books.google.com/books?id=wCYDAAAAMBAJ&source=gbs_all_issues_r&cad=3&atm_aiy=1870#all_issues_anchor
this is issue 1
you can click on the year to change,
http://books.google.com/books?id=wCYDAAAAMBAJ&source=gbs_all_issues_r&cad=3&atm_aiy=2000#all_issues_anchor
this is the most current issues
hey hackaday, please read your emails and link these in the main article as its alot easier to browse by year(with full search)
than by stealing boingboing’s method

Awesome. I used to love reading the little ads in the back selling all sort of wonders. Helicopters built from lawnmower engines, real Star Wars Light Sabres, things that you can shock people across the room, etc.

@le’chef

They were *both* available. It helps to look things up before correcting someone.

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2008/12/popular-science/

http://www.roadsideresort.com/blog/google-digitizes-complete-issues-of-popular-science-and-popular-mechanics

http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/11/popular-science-magazine-1872-now-in-google-books/

Just found this when I wanted to download some of these PopSci books. GoogleBooks loads a lot of stuff into your cache just like any other site, including the pages that you look at. The easiest way to grab a book (unless there’s some script or whatever) is to copy the files out of your browser cache.

Start off with a portable version of Chrome for easy cache snagging, or whatever browser you are comfortable with. Clear all the cache data. Then load that GoogleBooks page (and ONLY that one too prevent confusion).
Go into that browser’s cache folder and start opening the temporary files (I use IrfanView b/c it’s good at reading pic headers) until you reach the first pic. Now go back to you browser and scroll down the GoogleBooks page to let all of the images load. Hop back to the cache folder and find the last pic of magazine.
Copy all the mag pics and batch rename to add the proper extension and wham-o, a cool PopSci collection for you.