The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do

There are many projects of purely historical interest, such as chemical photography, phonographs, and devices for coal furnaces.
Another class of projects illustrate the caviler attitude toward environment and health in 1913. These projects involve items such as asbestos, gunpowder, acetylene, hydrogen, lead, mercury, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, cadmium, potassium sulfate, potassium cyanide, potassium ferrocyanide, copper sulfate, and hydrochloric acid. Many references to these have been highlighted in red.
Projects requiring extra skill and care that involve high voltage, melting metals, or other hazards, have the title highlighted.
Please view these as snapshots of culture and attitude, not as suggestions for contemporary activity.
Be careful and have fun, or simply read and enjoy a trip into yesterday.]
The Boy Mechanic Vol. 1 700 Things for Boys to Do 800 Illustrations Showing How
How To Construct Wireless Outfits, Boats, Camp Equipment, Aerial Gliders, Kites, Self-propelled Vehicles Engines, Motors, Electrical Apparatus, Cameras And Hundreds Of Other Things Which Delight Every Boy With 800 Illustrations Copyrighted, 1913, By H. H. Windsor Chicago Popular Mechanics Co. Publishers

Engine Details
The accompanying sketch illustrates a two-cylinder single-acting, poppet valve steam engine of home construction.
The entire engine, excepting the flywheel, shaft, valve cams, pistons and bracing rods connecting the upper and lower plates of the frame proper, is of brass, the other parts named being of cast iron and bar steel.
The cylinders, G, are of seamless brass tubing, 1-1/2 in. outside diameter; the pistons, H, are ordinary 1-1/2 in. pipe caps turned to a plug fit, and ground into the cylinders with oil and emery. This operation also finishes the inside of the cylinders.

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A Model Steam Engine


Magic Spirit Hand


Making Skis and Toboggans


Homemade Life Preserver


How to Make Boomerangs


Secret Door Lock


A Convenient Hot-Dish Holder


Magic-Box Escape


A Flour Sifter


A Funnel


How to Make Corner Pieces for a Blotter Pad


Boring Holes in Cork


Self-Lighting Arc Searchlight


A Traveler's Shaving Mug


Homemade Snowshoes


Fish Signal for Fishing through Ice


Homemade Floor Polisher


Tying Paper Bag to Make a Carrying Handle


Equilibrator for Model Aeroplanes


Repairing Christmas-Tree Decorations


Homemade Scroll Saw


How to Make a Watch Fob


An Austrian Top


Pockets for Spools of Thread


Cleaning Leather on Furniture


A Baking Pan


A Broom Holder


Stringing Wires


A Darkroom Lantern


Preventing Vegetables from Burning in a Pot


A Clothes Rack


Homemade Shower Bath


How to Make Small Sprocket Wheels


Pot-Cover Closet


Aid in Mixing Salad Dressing


Saving Overexposed Developing Prints


An Ironing-Board Stand


A Desk Blotting Pad


Sleeve Holders for Lavatories


Removing Tarnish


How to Make a Brass Bookmark


Cheesebox-Cover Tea Tray


Piercing-Punch for Brass


Kitchen Chopping Board


Carrying Mattresses


A Carpenter's Gauge


A Flatiron Rest


Use for Paper Bags


Use Chalk on Files


Homemade Telegraph Key


Keeping Food Cool in Camps


Homemade Work Basket


A Window Display


How to Make a Flint Arrowhead


An Opening Handle for a Stamp Pad


Concrete Kennel


Nutshell Photograph Novelty


Spoon Holder on a Kettle


Repairing Cracked Gramophone Records


New Use for a Vacuum Cleaner


Filtering with a Small Funnel


A Postcard Rack


Substitute Shoe Horn


Building a Small Photographic Dark Room


The Versatile Querl


An Emergency Soldering Tool


Smoothing Paper after Erasing


A Cherry Seeder


A Dovetail Joint


Base for Round-End Bottles


Rustic Window Boxes


Antidote for Squirrel Pest


Glass-Cleaning Solution


Automatic-Closing Kennel Door


Polishing Cloths for Silver


A Book-Holder


Clamping a Cork


Withdrawing Paper from under an Inverted Bottle


Emergency Tire Repair


Broom Holder Made of a Hinge


Making Proofs before the Negative Dries


Flower-Pot Stand


A Line Harmonograph


Cutting Circular Holes in Thin Sheet Metal


Key Card for Writing Unreadable Post Cards


Homemade Carpenter's Vise


Toning Blue on Bromide and Platinum


Cutting Loaf Bread


How to Make an Electric Toaster


Cabinet for the Amateur's Workshop


Uncurling Photographs


Soldering for the Amateur


Washboard Holder


A Mission Bracket Shelf


How to Make a Finger Ring


How to Bind Magazines


Metal Coverings for Leather Hinges


Removing Plaster from Skin


How to Make a Cheap Bracket Saw


How to Make a Cannon


Controller for a Small Motor


How to Make a Simple Water Rheostat


Burning Inscriptions on Trees


How to Make Small Gearwheels Without a Lathe


How to Make Four Pictures on One Plate


Electric Blue-Light Experiment


Interesting Electrical Experiment


A Cheap Fire Alarm


How to Make a Small Electric Furnace


How to Make an Ammeter


How to Make a Three-Way Cock for Small Model-Work


Easy Experiments with Electric-Light Circuit


How to Make an Interrupter


A Miniature "Pepper's Ghost" Illusion


Experiment with Colored Electric Lamps


To Explode Powder with Electricity


Simple Wireless System


Stop Crawling Water Colors


Small Electrical Hydrogen Generator


Gasoline Burner for Model Work


A Homemade Telephone Receiver


How to Bind Magazines


A Homemade Acetylene-Gas Generator


Homemade Annunciator


How to Make a Box Kite


Lubricating a Camera Shutter


Simple Open-Circuit Telegraph Line


How to Make a Thermo Battery


How to Discharge a Toy Cannon by Electricity


Simple Electric Lock


Direct-Connected Reverse for Small Motors


A Handy Ice Chisel


More Uses for Pipe Fittings


Sealing-Wax Bent While Cold


Homemade Pottery Kiln


How to Make a Small Medical Induction Coil


Mechanical Trick With Cards


How to Make a Rain Gauge


How to Make an Aquarium


Homemade Pneumatic Lock


How to Make Silhouettes


How to Make a Galvanoscope


Lubricating Sheet Metal


An Optical Top


Card Trick with a Tapered Deck


A Constant-Pressure Hydrogen Generator


Restoring Tone to a Cracked Bell


How to Make a Paper Phonograph Horn


How to Make a Hygrometer


The Protection of a Spring Lock


A Controller and Reverse for a Battery Motor


How to Build a Grape Arbor


How to Make a Toy Steam Engine


Writing with Electricity


To Photograph a Man in a Bottle


A Musical Windmill


Optical Illusions


Barrel-Stave Hammock


A Singing Telephone


How to Make a Telegraph Key and Sounder


How to Make a Music Cabinet


Easily Made Wireless Coherer


One-Wire Telegraph Line


How to Make a Water Rheostat


Electric Door-Opener


How to Tighten a Curtain-Roller Spring


Alarm Clock Chicken Feeder


Homemade Disk-Record Cabinet


A Battery Rheostat


Automatic Time Switch


How to Make a Rotary Pump


How to Make a Fire Screen


Trap for Small Animals


Homemade Grenet Battery


Door-Opener for Furnace


Beeswax for Wood Filler


How to Make a Lathe


To Use Old Battery Zincs


Callers' Approach Alarm


Easy Method of Electroplating


An Ingenious Electric Lock for a Sliding Door


Reversing-Switch for Electrical Experiments


How to Receive Wireless Telegraph Messages with a Telephone


Connecting Up Batteries to Give Any Voltage


A Simple Accelerometer


An Egg-Shell Funnel


Handy Electric Alarm


To Keep Dogs and Cats Away from the Garbage-Can


How to Cross a Stream on a Log


Relay Made from Electric Bell


Foundry Work at Home


Battery Switch


An Optical Illusion


New Method of Lifting a Table


How to Make a Paddle Boat


Peculiar Properties of Ice


Return-Call Bell With One Wire


Circuit Breaker for Induction Coils


Spit Turned by Water Power


A Short-Distance Wireless Telegraph


Automatic Draft-Opener


A Window Conservatory


How to Make an Electroscope


Miniature Electric Lighting


How to Make a New Language


How to Make a Cup-and-Saucer Rack


Reversing a Small Motor


To Drive Away Dogs


An Automatic Lock


Experiment with Two-Foot Rule and Hammer


Simple Current Reverser


Alarm Clock to Pull up Furnace Draft


How to Transmit Phonograph Music to a Distance


How to Make a Telescope


How to Make "Freak" Photographs


Another Electric Lock


How to Mix Plaster of Paris


Enlarging with a Hand Camera


Positioning A Hanging Lamp


A Curious Compressed Air Phenomenon


Simple Switch for Reversing a Current


Novel Mousetrap


Polishing Nickel


Homemade Arc Light


Lighting an Incandescent Lamp with an Induction Coil


How to Make a Jump-Spark Coil


Combined Door Bell and Electric Alarm


To Build a Small Brass Furnace


Avoid Paper Lamp Shades


Why Gravity Batteries Fail to Work


A Skidoo-Skidee Trick


Effects of Radium


Naval Speed Record


How to Enlarge from Life in the Camera


Steel Pen Used in Draftsman's Ink Bottle Cork


How to Clean a Clock


How to Make Blueprint Lantern Slides


A Substitute for a Ray Filter


Electric Lamp Experiments


To Preserve Putty


How to Make a Small Storage Battery


Fitting a Plug in Different Shaped Holes


How to Make a Lightning Arrester


A Home-Made Punt


Photographers' Printing Frame Stand


Heat and Expansion


Photographing a Streak of Lightning


Carbolic Acid Burns


How to Make a Paper Book Cover


How to Make Lantern Slides


How To Make A Porch Swing Chair


How to Find the Blind Spot in the Eye


Beeswax Substitute


Home-Made Water Wheel Does Family Washing


An Optical Illusion


Home-Made Micrometer


Another Electric Lamp Experiment


Removing Ink Stains


Feat of Balancing on Chairs


How to Make a Merry-Go-Round Swing


Home-Made Arc Lamp


Irrigation


How to Hang Your Hat on a Lead Pencil


Tying a Knot for Footballs


Stove Polish


How to Give an Electric Shock While Shaking Hands


Experiment with Heat


How to Attach a Combination Trunk Lock


An Electric Illusion Box


Replace Dry Putty


Photo Print Washing Tank


Home-Made Soldering Clamps


A Telephone Experiment


Wax Wood Screws


How to Make an Induction Coil


Home-Made Toaster


Home-Made Shocking Machine


Mahogany Wood Putty


How to Make a Hygrometer


Softening Leather in Gloves and Boots


How to Make a Mission Library Table


A Hanger for Trousers


How to Make an Adjustable Negative Washer


Turn-Down Shelf for a Small Space


Home-Made Electric Battery Massage


How to Make Tint Lantern Slides


A Bicycle Catamaran


How to Make a Lead Pencil Rheostat


Homemade Shoe Rack


How to Waterproof Canvas


Building a House in a Tree Top


How to Make a Lamp Stand and Shade


Illuminating a Watch Dial at Night


Home-Made Photographic Copying Stand


Home-Made Pocket Lamp


How to Make a Tangent Galvanometer


Home-Made X-Ray Instrument


How to Make a a Non-Polarizing Battery


A Home-Made Barometer


Lock Lubricant


Rust Proofing Bolts


Painting Yellow Pine


Revolving a Wheel with Boat Sails


A Floating Electromagnet


A Fish Bait


Homemade Air Thermometer


Home-Made Battery Voltmeter


How to Make a Folding Canvas Cot


How to Make a Small Geissler Tube


Loosening Rusted Nuts


Cleaning Greasy Stoves


How to Make a Take-Down Background Frame


Home-Made Kite Reel


Attaching Runners to a Bicycle for Winter Use


A Paper That Makes Green Prints


Copies Made from Wax Molds by Electro-Deposition


How to Make Skating Shoes


How to Make a Self-Setting Rabbit Trap


How to Make an Atomizer


Home-Made Kits for the Camera


How to Make a Miniature Stage


A Floating Compass Needle


Home-Made Dog Cart


How to Make a Dry Battery Cell


How to Paraffin Wire


Uses of Peat


Scientific Explanation of a Toy


Home-Made Lantern


A Study of Splashes


How to Make a Stick Pin


How to Make a Miniature Electric Locomotive


Demagnetizing a Watch


How to Make a Pocket Skate Sharpener


Old-Time Magic


Gear-Cutting Attachment for Small Lathes


Wire Terminals for Battery Connections


Simple Arts and Crafts Leather Work


How to Make a Simple Still


Homemade Mariner's Compass


Brighten White Paint


Quartz Electrodes Used in Receiving Wireless Messages


Boys Representing the Centaur


Home-Made Ladle for Melting Babbitt


How to Make a Flash Lamp


Photographing the New Moon


Old-Time Magic—Part II


Coin and Card on the First Finger


How to Make Sealing Wax Hat Pins


Old-Time Magic-Part III


A Chinese Outdoor Game


Home-Made Photograph of a Lightning Flash


How to Make a Static Machine


A Concrete Swimming Pool


Old-Time Magic-Part IV


How to Bore a Square Hole


How To Make Copper Trays


Photograph of a Clown Face


Optical Illusions


Steam Engine Made from Gas Pipe and Fittings


How to Make a Copper Bowl


Cleaning Furniture


Melting Lead in Tissue Paper


The Principles of the Stereograph


Mercury Make-and-Break Connections for Induction Coils


How to Make a Barometer


Home-Made Post or Swinging Light


A Checker Puzzle


Gold Railroad Signals


How to Make a Bell Tent


Simple X-Ray Experiment


How to Make a Candle Shade


A Putty Grinder


Home-Made Small Churn


Home-Made Round Swing


Old-Time Magic-Part V


How to Keep Film Negatives


Home-Made Match Safe


An Electric Post Card Projector


A Handy Calendar


The Fuming of Oak


How to Make an Electrolytic Rectifier


The Rolling Marble


A Gas Cannon


Old-Time Magic-Part VI


A Good Mouse Trap


Finishing Aluminum


How to Make a Sailing Canoe


A Home-Made Hand Vise


Proper Design for a Bird House


Boomerangs and How to Make Them


How to Make Water Wings


How to Make an Ammeter


How to Make an Equatorial


Electric Light Turned On and Off from Different Places


Optical Illusion


How to Make a Bunsen Cell


One Way to Cook Fish


Hardening Copper


Packing Cut from Felt Hats


Homemade Gasoline Engine


Dripping Carburetor


A Merry-Go-Round Thriller


How to Make and Fly a Chinese Kite


Home-Made Vise


Home-Made Changing Bag for Plate Holders


Home-Made Asbestos Table Pads


How to Make a Ladies' Handbag


Removing Wire Insulation


A Small Electric Motor


Moving a Coin Under a Glass


Improving Phonograph Sound


How to Make Paper Balloons


A Simple Steamboat Model


To Remove Grease from Machinery


A Game Played on the Ice


Making Photo Silhouette Brass Plaques


Aligning Automobile Headlights


Telescope Stand and Holder


How to Make an Electrical Horn


Driving a Washing Machine with Motorcycle Power


Home-Made Aquarium


Protect Your Lathe


Frame for Displaying Both Sides of Coins


How to Make Lantern Slides


How to Make a Developing Box


Staining Wood


Sheet-Metal Whisk-Broom Holder


How to Make a Camp Stool


A Small Home-Made Electric Motor


Rocker Blocks on Coaster Sleds


How to Make a Watch Fob


Drill Lubricant


New Way to Remove a Bottle Stopper


Imitation Fancy Wings on Hinges


How to Make a Child's Rolling Toy


How to Make a Portfolio


Gear for Model Work


A Home-Made Vise


Cardboard Spiral Turned by Heat


A Workbench for the Amateur


Repairing a Worn Knife Blade


How to Make a Leather Spectacle Case


Waterproofing a Wall


Polishing Flat Surfaces


Rubber Tip for Chair Legs


Adjusting a Plumb-Bob Line


Drier for Footwear


Repairing A Roller Shade


A Shot Scoop


Removing Grease Stains from the Leaves of a Book


Tightening Cane in Furniture


Cleaner for a Stovepipe


Mounting Photo Prints on Glass


Dropping Coins in a Glass Full of Water


Hollow-Grinding Ice Skates


How to Make a Bicycle Coasting Sled


Spelling Names with Photo Letters


Holding a Loose Screw


A Checker Board Puzzle


Old-Time Magic


How to Remove Paper from Stamps


A Dovetail Joint Puzzle


Radiator Water


Springboard for Swimmers


Taking Button from a Child's Nostril


Brass Frame in Repoussé


Finding the Horsepower of Small Motors


Illusion for Window Attraction


Cleaner for White Shoes


Crossing Belt Laces


How to Make a Candlestick Holder


A Home-Made Duplicator


Paper-Clip Bookmark


Aerating Water in a Small Tank


Imitation Arms and Armor-Part II


How to Make a Round Belt Without Ends


Old-Time Magic


Cheap Nails are Expensive


Cutting Lantern Slide Masks


Relieving the Weight of a Talking Machine Reproducer


How to Make a Thermometer Back in Etched Copper


To Make an Electric Piano


Imitation Arms and Armor—Part III


Playing Baseball with a Pocket Knife


How to Remove Paper Stuck to a Negative


Old-Time Magic


Using the Sun's Light in a Magic Lantern


A Handy Drill Gauge


Stove Polish


A Home-Made Daniell Cell


A Ground Glass Substitute


A Miniature War Dance


Saving an Engine


Old-Time Magic


Sliding Box Cover Fastener


How to Chain a Dog


Water-Color Box


Saving Ink Pens


A Plant-Food Percolator


Lathe Safety


Folding Quilting-Frames


A Drip Shield for the Arms


How to Cane Chairs


Repairing a Cracked Composition Developing Tray


How to Lay Out a Sundial


Imitation Arms and Armor-Part IV


An Emergency Babbitt Ladle


How to Make Japanese Portieres


Makeshift Camper's Lantern


New Tires for Carpet-Sweeper Wheels


Gauntlets on Gloves


How to Make an Ornamental Brass Flag


An Adjustable Punching-Bag Platform


Clasp for Holding Flexible Lamp Cords


Protect Camel Hair Brushes


Home-Made Electric Clock


Method of Joining Boards


Toy Gun for Throwing Cardboard Squares


Photographic Developing Tray


Iron Putty


Rubber Bands in Kite Balancing Strings


An Aid in Sketching


How to Make Miniature Electric Lamp Sockets


Imitation Arms and Armor-Part V


How to Repair Linoleum


How to Make an Electric Stove


How to Make Weights for Athletes


Removing Pies from Pans


Stretcher for Drying Photograph Prints


A Temporary Funnel


An Electric Engine


Child's Home-Made Swing Seat


Clay Flower Pots Used for Bird Houses


Location of a Gas Meter


How to Make Rope Grills


A Simple and Effective Filter


Cutting Tools


Imitation Arms and Armor-Part VI


Home-Made Hand Vise


Detector for Slight Electrical Charges


Fishing through Ice with a Tip-Up


Home-Made Candle Holder


How to Make a Match Holder of Wood and Metal


Protecting the Fingers from Chemicals


Combined Turning Rings and Swings


Homemade Telegraph Key


Protecting Sleeves


Imitation Arms and Armor—Part VII


A Home-Made Tripod Holder


How to Weave a Shoestring Watch Fob


How to Make a Table Mat of Leather


Sad Iron Polisher


Making Coins Stick to Wood by Vacuum


Simple and Safe Method for Sending Coins by Mail


Mounting Photographs in Plaster Plaques


Iron Rest for an Ironing Board


Instantaneous Crystallization


Decoloration of Flowers by Fumes of Sulphur


How to Preserve Egg Shells


Homemade Phonograph


A Substitute for a Compass


A Novel Rat Trap


A Nut-Cracking Block


A Jelly-Making Stand


How to Make an Egg-Beater


Cart Without an Axle


An Illuminated Target


Sawing Sheet Metal


Feed Box for Chickens


A Book Rest


Window Shelf for Flower Pots


Magnet for the Work Basket


Knife Made from a Hack-Saw Blade


Killing Mice and Rats


Roller Coaster Illusion Traveling Up an Incline


Block for Planing Octagonal Wood Pieces


A Letter Holder of Pierced Metal


Imitating Ground Glass


Draw before Cutting


Making "Spirits" Play a Violin


Sizing a Threaded Hole


Leaded-Glass Fire Screen


A Revolving Teeter Board


Home-Made Pot Covers


An Outdoor Gymnasium Part I-The Horizontal Bar


Electrostatic Illumination


A Cork Extractor


An Outdoor Gymnasium Part II-Parallel Bars


Combined Ladle and Strainer


Cleaning Gloves


Turpentine in Cutting Oil


Center of Gravity Experiment


Lathe Accuracy


An Outdoor Gymnasium PART III-The Horse


Spoon Rest for Kettles


Reason for Bursting of Gun Barrels


Hand Sled Made of Pipe and Fittings


Emergency Magnifying Glass


Bent-Iron Pipe Rack


To Clean Silver


Sharpening Skates with a File


Lines and Letters Made with a Carpenter's Pencil


Insulating Aluminum Wire


Turning Lights On and Off from Any Number of Places


How to Make an Electric Pendant Switch


Measure


Home-Made Water Motor


Device for Baseball Throwing Practice


How to Mail Photographs


A Mystifying Watch Trick


Locking Several Drawers with One Lock


Testing Small Electric Lamps


How to Make a Pin Ball


Cleaning Woodwork


Bill File Made of Corkscrews


Ornamental Metal Inkstand


Holding Eyeglasses Firm


Substitute for Gummed Paper


Repairing a Broken Phonograph Spring


Calls While You Are Out


A Small Bench Lathe Made of Pipe Fittings


Holder for Flexible Lamp-Cord


Support for Double Clotheslines


Hot Pan or Plate Lifter


Weighting Indian Clubs


Venting a Funnel


Lubricating Woodscrews


To Make "Centering" Unnecessary


Fountain Pen Cap Used as a Ruler


Vanishing Handkerchief Trick


Removing Glass Letters from Windows


A Guitar That Is Easy to Make


Greasing the Front Wheels of an Automobile


Removing Mold


To Hang Heavy Things on a Nail


A Home-Made Elderberry Huller


How to Make a Bulb on a Glass Tube


How to Make a Sconce


How To Make a Hectograph


A Home-Made Magic Lantern


A Quickly Made Lamp


How to Make a Paper Aeroplane


Bronze Liquid


A Wrestling Mat


A Pocket Voltammeter


A Film Washing Trough


Wood Burning


The Diving Bottle


How to Make an Inexpensive Wooden Fan


Combination Telegraph and Telephone Line


How to Make a Miniature Windmill


How to Make a Telegraph Instrument and Buzzer


How to Make a Water Bicycle


How To Make a Small Searchlight


Electric Alarm that Rings a Bell and Turns on a Light


How to Hold a Screw on a Screwdriver


How to Make a Lead Cannon


Homemade Electric Bed Warmer


Making a Fire with the Aid of Ice


How to Make a Crossbow and Arrow Sling


A Home-Made Vise


Temporary Dark Room Lantern


Runny Paint


Camps and How to Build Them


Brooder for Small Chicks


Faucet Used as an Emergency Plug


Automatic Electric Heat Regulator


Repairing a Washer on a Flush Valve


Cleaning Discolored Silver


Protecting Tinware


Another Optical Illusion


Substitute for Insulating Cleats


Electrically Operated Indicator for a Wind Vane


A Home-Made Floor Polisher


How to Make a Lady's Card-Case


Home-Made Fire Extinguisher


Crutch Made of an Old Broom


Toy Darts and Parachutes


A Tool for Lifting Can Covers


Keeping Rats from a Chicken Coop


Homemade Telephone Receiver


How to Clean Jewelry


Ornamental Iron Flower Stand


How to Make a Coin Purse


Window Anti-Frost Solution


How to Make a Turbine Engine


Painting A Car


How To Build An Ice Boat


Electric Rat Exterminator


How to Make a Simple Fire Alarm


To Build a Merry-Go-Round


Arbor Wheels


Novelty Clock for the Kitchen


How to Make a Small Silver Plating Outfit


Removing a Tight-Fitting Ring from a Finger


A Photographic Jig-Saw Puzzle


Rolling Uphill Illusion


Maple Leaf


Annealing Chisel Steel


How to Make a Post Card Holder


Unused Paint


Perfume-Making Outfit


Home-Made Duplicator for Box Cameras


Optical Illusions


Use of Kerosene in Polishing Metals


How to Make Lamps Burn Brightly


Use for an Old Clock


Renewing Dry Batteries


Saving a Brush


How to Make a Simple Burglar Alarm


How to Fit Corks


Right Handed Engine


Home-Made Crutch


Home-Made Necktie Holder


How to Make a Trousers Hanger


Easy Designs in Ornamental Iron Work


How to Make a Water Wheel


How To Build An Imitation Street Car Line


Clean Before Painting


Varnish for Electric Terminals


Measuring the Height of a Tree


White Putty to Black


Using Sandpaper


An Interesting Electrical Experiment


Novelty Chain Made from a Match


Keeping Doors Closed


Restoring Broken Negatives


Coin and Tumbler Trick


Another Way to Renew Dry Batteries


Simply Made Wire Puzzle


Pronunciation


Repairing Box Cameras


A Fishhook Box


A Tin Drinking Cup for the Camp


A Bookmark


Kitchen Knife Sharpener


The Running Sleigh


Home-Made Settee


Enameling a Bicycle Frame


How to Make a Sewing Bag


Home-Made Roller Skates


Adjuster for Flexible Electric Wires


Making Photographs on Watch Dials


Home-Made Overhead Trolley Coaster


How to Make an Electric Furnace Regulator


Weatherproofing for Tents


Sawing Sheet Metal


A Monoplane Weather Vane


How to Make a Minnow Trap


A Remedy for Leaking Fountain Pens


Kites of Many Kinds and How to Make Them


How to Make Rubber Stamps


To Light a Gaslight Without Matches


How To Make a Trap For Rabbits, Rats and Mice


Novel Electric Motor


How to Print Photographs on Silk


Removing Old Paint


A Window Lock


Homemade Magnifying Glass


Trailer for a Bicycle


Home-Made Telephone Transmitter


Quickly Made Lawn Tent


How to Make a Windmill of One or Two Horsepower for Practical Purposes


To Renew Old Dry Batteries


Blue Dye


Acetylene lamp


Another Electric Motor


How to Make a Propelling Vehicle


Ringing a Bell by Touching a Gas Jet


Lead Kills Knots


How to Make a Wood Turning Lathe Out of an Old Sewing Machine


Reversing Small Battery Motor


Cleaning Bronze Bearings


A Water Candlestick


How to File Soft Metals


To Make a Magazine Binder


Temporary Spline


Cleaning Brass


A Phoneidoscope


A Home-Made Yankee Bobsled


How to Make a Small Microscope


Freezing Pipes


How to Carry Books


Bottle Pushers


How to Make a Hammock


How to Obtain Cheap Dry Batteries


How to Make a Water Telescope


How to Rid Your Yard of Cats


Substitute for a Drill Bit


Drying Films


Grooved Pulley Made from Sheet Tin


An Emergency Glass Funnel


An Electrical Walking Stick


Convenient Shelf Arrangement


A Shoe Scraper


Fastening a Shade to a Roller


Vegetable Slicer


How to Make an Etched Copper Picture Frame


How to Make an Easel


How to Make a Wind Propeller


Replacing Ball Bearings


How to Construct an Annunciator


How to Make a Steam Calliope


Sharpening Scissors


Counter Brush for a Shop


A Curtain Roller


Shade-Holder Bracket for a Gas Jet


To Longer Preserve Cut Flowers


Glass Blowing and Forming


Cadmium and Solder


Telegraph Codes


How to Make a Cruising Catamaran


Alligator Photo Mounts


How to Attach a Sail to a Bicycle


Removing Iodine Stains


Drying Photograph Prints without Curling


Puncturing Glass Plates


A Home-Made Still


Old-Time Magic


Experiment with an Incandescent Lamp


How to Make a Small Motor


Aluminum Polish


Homemade Blowpipe


Substitute Sink or Bathtub Stopper


Safety Tips on Chair Rockers


How to Make a Toy Flier


How to Make an Ironing-Board Stand


A Home-Made Electric Plug


How to Make an Electric Fire Alarm


Home-Made Boy's Car


Photographs in Relief Easily Made


Wireless Tip


How to Make a Wireless Telephone


Eyelets for Belts


How to Make a Life Buoy


A Home-Made Microscope


A Novel Electric Time Alarm


How to Make a Phonograph Record Cabinet


Experiments with a Mirror


Miniature Electric Lamps


How to Make a Magazine Clamp


Pewter Finish for Brass


Drowning a Dog's Bark with Water


Cost of Water


How to Make a 110-Volt Transformer


Experiment with a Vacuum


The Making of Freak Photographs


Hand Car Made of Pipe and Fittings


How to Make a Rustic Seat


Heated Steering Wheel


Forming Coils to Make Flexible Wire Connections


Photographing the North Star


How to Relight a Match


Home-Made Hand Drill


How to Make a Stationary Windmill


Electric Anesthesia


A Simple Battery Rheostat


A Frame for Drying Films


A Home-Made Novelty Clock


Fourth-of-July Catapult


How to Make a Miniature Volcano


Wire Loop Connections for Battery Binding-Posts


Melting Metal in the Flame of a Match


Russian Squirrels


Landscape Drawing Made Easy


Irrigating with Tomato Cans


Fountain for an Ordinary Pen


Homemade Mousetrap


Clear Wax Impressions from Seals


A Window Stick


How to Make a Canoe


Thorns Used as Needles on a Phonograph


Tool Hangers


Child's Footrest on an Ordinary Chair


Drying Photo Postal Cards


Preserving Key Forms


Renewing Typewriter Ribbons


Drinking Trough for Chickens


Ordinary Pen Used as a Fountain Pen


A Tailless Kite


The Levitation—A Modern Stage Trick


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Язык

Английский

Год издания

2004-06-01

Темы

Handicraft for boys; Handicraft

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