The “It’s New” section from the Jul, 1960 issue of Mechanix Illustrated featured a particularly and delightfully demented grab-bag of innovations of the day, from a French electric monorail to a gas machine of anesthetizing large mammals.
FIRST successful gas machine for anesthetizing large animals is demonstrated on nag by Dr. E. Wynn Jones. U. of Okla.
ROTOCRAFT and ducted fan test bed is flatbed trailer towed by a truck tractor at 60 mph at Cornell Aeronautical Labs.
WATER SKIS. German-made, are propelled by aquatic version of ski poles with end discs.
TIRE-INFLATING machine, a French device, above, makes certain front tires receive equal pressure–for improved steering. Two tires are connected. below, and columns of mercury show when equal pressure is obtained. Can also be used for rear set.