How?

About this eBook

Author

Holbrook, Kennedy

Title

How? or, Spare Hours Made Profitable for Boys and Girls

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure

Subject

Handicraft

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 51315

Release Date

February 27, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.How?
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.INDEX.
4. 4.HOW? OR, SPARE HOURS MADE PROFITABLE. — 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. — THE ORNAMENTAL EGG. — TRINKET-HOLDER. — AN IDEA FOR BRACKETS. — ANOTHER BRACKET. — THE CONE AND TWIG BRACKET. — THE PEBBLE VASE. — THE CONE AND TWIG HANGING-BASKET. — PAPER BOXES. — A SHAVING-CASE. — LEATHER WORK. — A PANEL OF 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. — A SIMPLER FORM OF THE CAMERA OBSCURA. — THE SKETCHING CAMERA. — THE DARKENED ROOM. — PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTING. — FIRST PROCESS. — THE TOY PANORAMA. — A MORE ELABORATE PANORAMA. — REPOUSSÉ WORK FOR BOYS. — REPOUSSÉ, OR HAMMERED BRASS. — PLAQUE IN HAMMERED BRASS. — CARD-RECEIVER. — FOXING. — ANNEALING. — A SALVER IN REPOUSSÉ. — A SILVER BANGLE FOR A LADY’S BRACELET. — A BANGLE BRACELET. — A FRAME FOR A PLAQUE. — THE AQUARIUM. — THE SALT-WATER AQUARIUM. — THE WOODEN WINDMILL. — THE SCREW-PROPELLER; OR, WEATHER-VANE AND WINDMILL COMBINED. — THE SIDE-WHEELER. — THE REGATTA WINDMILL. — A BOY’S SOLAR MICROSCOPE. — SOME OBJECTS FOR THIS MICROSCOPE. — SEA-MOSSES. — ANTIQUES AND HORRIBLES. — THE MUSICAL CHICKENS. — CAPTAIN S.’S PEG PUZZLE. — SLATE GAMES FOR CHILDREN. — TIT-TAT-TO. — AIR, EARTH, OR THE SEA? — TURKS AND RUSSIANS. — THIRTY-ONE. — SOLITAIRE. — KEY. — 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 SIMPLE ELECTROPHORUS. — THE EBONITE ELECTROPHORUS. — A LEYDEN JAR. — THE PITH DANCER. — THE OBEDIENT BOTTLE. — THE IMMOVABLE CARD. — A TRIPLE BRIDGE. — AN ILLUSTRATION OF “INERTIA.” — OTHER CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY AMUSEMENTS. — HOW TO PALM A COIN. — HOW TO PASS A COIN. — HOW TO ROB PETER AND ENRICH PAUL. — DANGER OF REPETITION. — THE INEXHAUSTIBLE HAT. — ANOTHER HAT TRICK. — THE PERAMBULATING EGG. — THE MAGIC DISPATCHER. — THE TURKISH RING TRICK. — HOW TO MELT AND RE-COIN A HALF-DOLLAR. — BURNING THE CENTER FROM A HANDKERCHIEF. — THE MAGIC ROPE. — A CAMPING-OUT COOKING-STOVE. — NECESSITY OF A SOBER COUNTENANCE. — THE GREAT CHINESE ROPE FEAT. — TO PULL A STRING THROUGH A BUTTON-HOLE. — TO UNITE A PARTED STRING. — A MINERAL GARDEN. — THE CRYSTAL VASE. — THREE CHRISTMAS OR BIRTHDAY GIFTS. — OCTAGON PUZZLE. — THE CROSS PUZZLE. — SQUARE PUZZLE. — A SIMPLE FOUNTAIN. — THE FAN FROM NAGASAKI. — THE MINIATURE YACHT AND HOW TO RIG HER. — A SCHOONER YACHT.

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