How? or, Spare Hours Made Profitable for Boys and Girls
Copyright, 1886,
By WORTHINGTON CO.
Although this book is ostensibly a “boy’s book,” many things which it contains are equally useful to girls; and have been tried by the latter with entirely satisfactory results. In fact, it was to afford amusement and occupation, on rainy Saturdays and during the long vacation, to the children of both sexes in my own family, that the book was first written; and it was only an afterthought which led me to give it to the public.
Everything it contains has been deduced from my own experience or that of some trustworthy friend. While it has been my aim to meet the wants of children of all ages and in every condition of life, I have studiously avoided every subject which might be a source of anxiety to the most careful parent.
It is with the hope that this little work may fulfill its mission in other families where it may be received, as happily as it has done in mine, that I send it on its way.
The Author.
October, 1886.
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This amusing little puppet is very easily constructed, and, like several other mechanical toys in this book, furnishes much entertainment for the little folks. Even the baby will sit in her high chair, half-hours together, watching the little man turning his crank, while she claps her tiny hands and crows at so delightful an exhibition of untiring energy.
Cut from cardboard a disc like Fig. 2, which shall measure about six inches across; then by means of a ruler draw the lines a b c d ; half-way between these points make four others, corresponding to e f g h ; and lastly, between all these, still another set of lines. Make the circle, m , one-and-a-half inches in diameter, and with a pair of sharp scissors cut through all these lines, to the edge of the smaller ring. Bend one edge of each of these triangular pieces slightly upward, as indicated by the shading, and the opposite edge downward; also bend a piece of wire a foot long, so as to form the crank indicated in the illustration.
Kennedy Holbrook
How?
PREFACE.
INDEX.
THE WINDMILL PUPPET.
THE FLYING WHIRLIGIG.
HOW TO MAKE A BOOK.
THE SNAKE.
THE DIVIDED SQUARE PUZZLE.
EXPERIMENT WITH TWO PIECES OF GLASS.
THE GRIMACING FACE.
A GOOD BALL.
AMUSING EXPERIMENT WITH TOOTH-PICKS.
HOW TO CUT TOPS FROM GLASS BOTTLES.
A BOY’S BAROMETER.
AN INFALLIBLE BAROMETER.
THE BALANCING DOLL.
THE BOOMERANG.
THE MAGIC TELESCOPE.
TO CRYSTALLIZE GRASSES, SEED-VESSELS, Etc.
METHOD OF COLORING ALUM CRYSTALS.
ANIMATED FIRE.
A PRETTY ORNAMENT FOR A BOY TO MAKE.
HOW TO MAKE A BLOWPIPE.
HOW TO BLOW GLASS.
A SIPHON.
TO MELT STONES.
A SOAP BUBBLE.
RESIN BUBBLES.
THE THREE MAGICAL CARDS.
AN OPTICAL GAME.
TO TELL THE NUMBER THOUGHT OF BY A PERSON.
THE COUNTER PUZZLE.
ANOTHER ARITHMETICAL TRICK.
TO TELL TWO OR MORE NUMBERS WHICH A PERSON HAS THOUGHT OF.
AN EASY PROOF FOR SUMS IN MULTIPLICATION.
THE SELF-RECTIFYING DART.
THE BALANCING PIN.
A BOX-SLED FOR BABY.
A SET OF CARS.
THE TOY LOCOMOTIVE.
A FREIGHT TRAIN.
A LOT OF PAPER WINDMILLS.
A WINTER GARDEN.
THE BOOT PUZZLE.
HOW TO TAKE PORTRAITS.
HOW TO BREAK A STRING.
A CORN-STALK FIDDLE.
THE XYLOPHONE.
THE ÆOLIAN HARP.
THE BOSTON CLAPPER.
PAPIER-MACHÉ.
THE JAPANESE PAPER BIRD.
THE TUMBLING EGG.
THE THREE HALOS.
PAPER BOATS.
HOW TO TAKE IMPRESSIONS OF PLANTS.
A NICE FRAME FOR THE ABOVE.
PAPIER-MACHÉ BOATS.
THE TOY STEAM-BOAT.
THE BOTTLE IMP.
TELESCOPE WHICH A BOY CAN MAKE.
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
PAPER BOXES.
A SHAVING-CASE.
LEATHER WORK.
TO TELL THE HOUR OF THE DAY BY THE LEFT HAND.
STENCILS.
LIGHT PRODUCED BY FRICTION UNDER WATER.
EXPERIMENT WITH FLOWER-SEEDS.
HOW TO SKELETONIZE LEAVES.
CAMERA OBSCURA.
PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTING.
THE TOY PANORAMA.
A MORE ELABORATE PANORAMA.
REPOUSSÉ WORK FOR BOYS.
A FRAME FOR A PLAQUE.
THE AQUARIUM.
THE WOODEN WINDMILL.
A BOY’S SOLAR MICROSCOPE.
SEA-MOSSES.
ANTIQUES AND HORRIBLES.
THE MUSICAL CHICKENS.
CAPTAIN S.’S PEG PUZZLE.
SLATE GAMES FOR CHILDREN.
SOLITAIRE.
BATTLEDORE AND SHUTTLECOCK.
RING TOSS.
CHECKERS.
THE SPIRIT JEW’S-HARP.
A NEW WAY TO KINDLE THE FIRE.
A HOME-MADE COMPASS.
HOW TO MAKE A CIRCLE.
THE MAGNETIC CIRCUS.
TO PRODUCE RAISED FIGURES ON AN EGG.
AN ARITHMETICAL CURIOSITY.
ONE WAY TO FIND THE NUMBER OF DAYS IN THE MONTH.
SOME ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENTS.
THE ELECTROPHORUS.
A LEYDEN JAR.
THE PITH DANCER.
THE OBEDIENT BOTTLE.
THE IMMOVABLE CARD.
A TRIPLE BRIDGE.
AN ILLUSTRATION OF “INERTIA.”
OTHER CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY AMUSEMENTS.
A MINERAL GARDEN.
THREE CHRISTMAS OR BIRTHDAY GIFTS.
A SIMPLE FOUNTAIN.
THE FAN FROM NAGASAKI.
THE MINIATURE YACHT AND HOW TO RIG HER.
A SCHOONER YACHT.
