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[shanicoolest]

Popular Science has posted their entire 137-year archive online for free browsing.

Prepare to lose the rest of your day to awesomeness. PopSci, the web-wing of Popular Science magazine, has scanned its entire 137-year archive and put it online for you to read, absolutely free. The archive, made available in partnership with Google Books, each issue appears just as it did at its original time of publication, complete with period advertisements. It's an amazing resource that beautifully encapsulates our ongoing fascination with the future, and science and technology's incredible potential to improve our lives. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

Currently you have to search before you can browse; however, the site is planning to add more advanced navigation features in the future.

You can Search the PopSci archives here:

http://www.popsci.com/archives

[zaphod]

Yes: i saw this and it's cool and useful. A very basic interface: just a simple search. Otherwise terrifically interesting for historians interested in science and pop culture.

[ssimian]

I can spend all year in there! First project: July 1959 "How to Build a Pedal Boat". Thanks for the heads-up on this!

[leland]

Awesome find.  I have some find memories of reading this magazine back in the 1980's.  It is very cool to be able to take a look back.  Thanks.

Leland

[neontetra]

Wow, I just found a new distraction.

[ramky]

God, I have a lot of work to do and I stumbled on this. Please pack my days with 30 hours!!!