INDEX.
- Æolian harp, the, [68]
- Air, earth, or the sea?, [244]
- Alum, crystals, methods of coloring, [25]
- Amusing experiment with tooth-picks, [17]
- Animated fire, [26]
- Annealing (repoussé), [180]
- Antiques and horribles, [230]
- Aquarium, the, [186];
- the author’s freshwater aquarium, [189];
- trouble of keeping a gold fish globe, [190];
- plants for fresh-water aquarium, ib.;
- artificial aeration, [191];
- salt-water aquarium, [191];
- preparing rock-work for, [192];
- minnows, [191];
- sticklebacks, [195];
- nest of stickleback, [197];
- hermit crabs, [198];
- snails, [199];
- medusæ, sea-anemones, [200];
- serpulæ, [203]
- Arithmetical curiosity, an, [274]
- Arithmetical trick, an, [37]
- Baby, a box-sled for, [44]
- Basket, a hanging, [118]
- Balancing doll, the, [20]
- Balancing pin, the, [44]
- Ball, a good, [16]
- Bangle bracelet, a, [184]
- Barometer, a boy’s, [18]
- Barometer, an infallible, [19]
- Battledore and Shuttlecock, [251]
- Birds, Japanese paper, [78]
- Blow-pipe, how to make a, [27]
- Boats, paper, [83]
- Boats, papier-maché, [90]
- Book, how to make a, [11]
- Boomerang, the, [20]
- Boot puzzle, the, [57]
- Boston clapper, the, [71]
- Bottles, to cut the top from, [18]
- Bottle imp, the, [107]
- Bottle, the obedient, [281]
- Boxes, paper, [119]
- Box-sled for baby, [44]
- Boy’s barometer, a, [18]
- Boy’s solar microscope, a, [216]
- Bracelet, a bangle, [184]
- Brackets, an idea for, [115]
- Brass, hammered, or repoussé, [175]
- Bridge, the triple, [283]
- Bubbles, soap, [31]
- Bubbles, resin, [32]
- Burning the center from a handkerchief, [304]
- Button-hole, to pull a string through a, [314]
- Camera obscura, [144]-[154];
- Camping-out cooking-stove, a, [308]
- Captain S’s peg puzzle, [238]
- Cars, a set of, [47]
- Cards, the three magical, [33]
- Card-receiver, papier-maché, [75]
- Card-receiver, repoussé, [179]
- Checkers, [256]
- Chickens, the musical, [235]
- Chinese rope feat, [312]
- Christmas presents, [113], [318];
- Circle, how to make a, [268]
- Circus, the magnetic, [269]
- Clapper, the Boston, [71]
- Coin, how to palm a, [287]
- Coin, how to pass a, [288]
- Compass, a home-made, [265]
- Cone and twig bracket, [116]
- Cone and twig hanging-basket, [118]
- Cooking-stove, a camping-out, [308]
- Corn-stalk fiddle, [64]
- Counter puzzle, the, [38]
- Countenance, necessity of a sober, [311]
- Cross puzzle, the, [320]
- Crystallize grass, seed-vessels, etc., how to, [24]
- Crystals, how to color alum, [25]
- Crystal vase, the, [317]
- Curiosity, an arithmetical, [274]
- Dancer, the pith, [280]
- Danger of repetition, [291]
- Darkened room, the, [152]
- Dart, the self-rectifying, [43]
- Days in a month, number of, one way to find, [274]
- Dispatcher, the magic, [297]
- Divided square puzzle, [14]
- Doll, the balancing, [20]
- Easy proof for sums in multiplication, an, [41]
- Egg, the ornamental, [113]
- Egg, the perambulating, [295]
- Egg, the tumbling, [82]
- Egg, to produce raised figures on, [273]
- Electrical experiments, [275]
- Electrophorus, the, [276]
- Electrophorus, a simple, [277]
- Electrophorus ebonite, [279]
- Experiment with electricity, [275]
- Experiment with flower-seeds, [141]
- Experiment with tooth-picks, [17]
- Experiment with two pieces of glass, [15]
- Face, the grimacing, [15]
- Fan, from Nagasaki, a, [323]
- Feat, Chinese rope, [312]
- Fiddle, corn-stalk, [64]
- Fire, animated, [26]
- Fire, a new way to kindle a, [263]
- Flower-seeds, experiment with, [141]
- Flying whirligig, the, [10]
- Fountain, a simple, [322]
- Foxing, [179]
- Frame for impressions of plants, [87]
- Frame for a plaque, [185]
- Freight train, a, [51]
- Friction, light produced by, under water, [138]
- Game, an optical, [37]
- Garden, a winter, [54]
- Garden, a mineral, [316]
- Glass, experiment with two pieces of, [15]
- Glass, how to blow, [27]
- Good ball, a, [16]
- Grimacing face, the, [15]
- Grasses, how to crystallize, [24]
- Half-dollar, how to melt and re-coin, [301]
- Halos, the three, [82]
- Hammered brass, or repoussé, [175]
- Handkerchief, burning center from, [304]
- Hanging-basket, a, [118]
- Harp, æolian, [68]
- Hat, the inexhaustible, [291]
- Hat trick, another, [294]
- Home-made compass, a, [265]
- Hour of the day, how to tell the, by the left hand, [128]
- How to blow glass, [27]
- How to break a string, [63]
- How to crystallize grasses, seed-vessels, etc., [24]
- How to cut the tops from glass bottles, [18]
- How to make a book, [11]
- How to make a blow-pipe, [27]
- How to make a circle, [268]
- How to melt and re-coin a half-dollar, [301]
- How to melt stones, [31]
- How to palm a coin, [287]
- How to pass a coin, [288]
- How to pull a string through a button-hole, [324]
- How to rob Peter and pay Paul, [289]
- How to skeletonize leaves, [141]
- How to take impressions of plants, [86]
- How to take portraits, [60]
- How to tell the hour of the day by the left hand, [128]
- Idea for brackets, an, [115]
- Imp, the bottle, [107]
- Impressions of plants, how to take, [86]
- Impressions of plants, frame for, [87]
- Inertia, illustration of, [284]
- Inexhaustible hat, the, [291]
- Infallible barometer, an, [19]
- Japanese paper bird, [78]
- Jew’s-harp, the spirit, [261]
- Leather work, [123]-[128];
- Leaves, how to skeletonize, [141]
- Left hand, to tell the hour of the day by, [128]
- Leyden jar, a, [279]
- Light produced by friction under water, [138]
- Locomotive, the toy, [48]
- Lot of paper windmills, a, [52]
- Magical cards, the three, [33]
- Magic dispatcher, the, [297]
- Magic rope, the, [307]
- Magic telescope, [22]
- Magnetic circus, the, [269]
- Melt and re-coin a half-dollar, how to, [301]
- Melt stones, how to, [31]
- Method of coloring alum crystals, [25]
- Microscope, a boy’s solar, [216]
- Mineral garden, a, [316]
- Miniature yacht and how to rig her, [331]
- Month, one way to find the number of days in a, [274]
- More elaborate panorama, a, [165]
- Multiplication, an easy proof for sums in, [41]
- Musical chickens, the, [235]
- Nagasaki, a fan from, [323]
- Necessity of a sober countenance, [311]
- New way to kindle the fire, a, [263]
- Number thought of by a person, to tell the, [37]
- Numbers, two or more, to tell, [40]
- Obedient bottle, the, [281]
- Objects, some, for solar microscope, [225]
- Octagon puzzle, the, [318]
- One way to find the number of days in a month, [274]
- Optical game, an, [37]
- Ornamental egg, the, [113]
- Ornament for boys to make, [26]
- Palm a coin, how to, [287]
- Panel of leather work, a, [126]
- Panorama, the toy, [160]-[172];
- Paper bird, the Japanese, [78]-[81];
- Papier-maché, [73];
- Pass a coin, how to, [288]
- Pebble vase, the, [117]
- Peg puzzle, Captain S’s, [238]
- Perambulating egg, the, [295]
- Photographic printing, [154]
- Pin, the balancing, [44]
- Pith dancer, the, [280]
- Plaque, frame for, [185]
- Plants, how to take impressions of, [86]
- Plants, frames for impressions of, [87]
- Portraits, how to take, [60]
- Presents, Christmas, [113], [318]
- Proof, an easy, for sums in multiplication, [41]
- Puppet, the windmill, [7]
- Puzzle, the boot, [57]
- Puzzle, the counter, [38]
- Puzzle, the cross, [320]
- Puzzle, the octagon, [318]
- Puzzle, peg, Captain S’s, [238]
- Puzzle, the square, [321]
- Puzzle, the divided square, [14]
- Raised figures on an egg, to produce, [273]
- Re-coin a half dollar, how to, [301]
- Regatta windmill, [215]
- Repetition, danger of, [291]
- Repoussé work for boys, [172]-[184];
- Nubian bracelets, [172];
- hammer for repoussé work, [175];
- other tools for repoussé work, [176];
- marking the design, ib.;
- plaque in hammered brass, [177];
- composition for deep work, [178];
- card receiver, [179];
- foxing, ib.;
- annealing, [180];
- a salver in repoussé, [181];
- a silver bangle for a bracelet, [182];
- a bangle bracelet, [184]
- Resin bubbles, [32]
- Ring toss, [255]
- Ring trick, the Turkish, [299]
- Rob Peter and pay Paul, how to, [289]
- Room, the darkened, [152]
- Rope, the magic, [307]
- Rope feat, the Chinese, [312]
- Salver in repoussé, [181]
- Schooner yacht, a, [345]
- Screw-propeller windmill, the, [210]
- Sea-mosses, [226]-[230];
- Self-rectifying dart, the, [43]
- Set of cars, a, [47]
- Shaving-case, a, [123]
- Side-wheeler windmill, the, [211]
- Simple form of camera, a, [149]
- Simple electrophorus, a, [277]
- Simple fountain, a, [322]
- Siphon, a, [28]
- Skeletonize leaves, how to, [141]
- Sketching camera, the, [150]
- Slate games for children, [243]
- Sloop yacht, [336]
- Snake, the, [13]
- Soap bubbles, [31]
- Sober countenance, necessity of, [311]
- Solar microscope, a boy’s, [216]
- Solitaire, [249]
- Some electrical experiments, [275]
- Spirit jew’s-harp, the, [261]
- Square puzzle, the divided, [14]
- Square puzzle, the, [321]
- Steam-boat, the toy, [93]
- Stencils, [130]-[137];
- Stones, to melt, [31]
- String, how to break a, [63]
- String, how to put a string through a button-hole, [314]
- String, how to unite a parted, [314]
- Sums in multiplication, an easy proof for, [41]
- Telescope, the magic, [22]
- Telescope, a, which a boy can make, [110]
- Tit-tat-to, [243]
- Thirty-one, [246]
- Three halos, the, [82]
- Tooth-picks, an amusing experiment with, [17]
- Toy panorama, the, [160]
- Toy steam-boat, the, [93]
- Train, a freight, [51]
- Trick, an arithmetical, [47]
- Trick, Turkish ring, [299]
- Trick, another hat, [294]
- Trinket-holder, [114]
- Tumbling egg, the, [82]
- Turks and Russians, [245]
- Twig and cone bracket, [116]
- Two pieces of glass, experiment with, [15]
- Vase, the crystal, [317]
- Vase, the pebble, [117]
- Vase, a papier-maché, [76]
- Windmills, [204]-[216];
- Winter garden, a, [54]
- Whirligig, the flying, [10]
- Xylophone, the, [65]
- Yacht, the miniature, and how to rig her, [331]-[352];
- miniature yacht regattas, [334];
- model of yacht, [335];
- making the hull, [336]-[337];
- how to cast and attach a lead keel, [337]-[338];
- the deck, [338];
- bowsprit and rudder, [339];
- mast and other spars, [340];
- standing rigging, [341]-[342];
- sails, [343];
- running rigging, [344]-[345];
- a schooner yacht, [345];
- spars and stays for a schooner yacht, [346]-[349];
- belaying, bolt ropes, reef-points, [350];
- painting the miniature yacht, [350]-[351];
- flags, [352]
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