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The Boy Mechanic. Vol. 1

by H. H. Windsor

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Editor
Windsor, H. H. (Henry Haven), 1859-1924
Title
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
Credits
Produced by Don Kostuch
Language
English
LoC Class
TT: Technology: Handicrafts, Arts and crafts
Subject
Handicraft
Category
Text
eBook-No.
12655
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12655
Release Date
June 1, 2004
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.The Boy Mechanic Vol. 1
  2. 2.Index — The Boy Mechanic Volume I 700 Things For Boys To Do
  3. 3.A Model Steam Engine
  4. 4.Magic Spirit Hand
  5. 5.Making Skis and Toboggans
  6. 6.Homemade Life Preserver
  7. 7.How to Make Boomerangs
  8. 8.How to Make an Eskimo Snow House By George E. Walsh
  9. 9.Secret Door Lock
  10. 10.A Convenient Hot-Dish Holder
  11. 11.Magic-Box Escape
  12. 12.A Flour Sifter
  13. 13.A Funnel
  14. 14.How to Make Corner Pieces for a Blotter Pad
  15. 15.Boring Holes in Cork
  16. 16.Self-Lighting Arc Searchlight
  17. 17.A Traveler's Shaving Mug
  18. 18.Homemade Snowshoes
  19. 19.Fish Signal for Fishing through Ice
  20. 20.Homemade Floor Polisher
  21. 21.Tying Paper Bag to Make a Carrying Handle
  22. 22.Equilibrator for Model Aeroplanes
  23. 23.Repairing Christmas-Tree Decorations
  24. 24.Homemade Scroll Saw
  25. 25.How to Make a Watch Fob
  26. 26.An Austrian Top
  27. 27.Pockets for Spools of Thread
  28. 28.Cleaning Leather on Furniture
  29. 29.A Baking Pan
  30. 30.A Broom Holder
  31. 31.Stringing Wires
  32. 32.A Darkroom Lantern
  33. 33.Preventing Vegetables from Burning in a Pot
  34. 34.A Clothes Rack
  35. 35.Homemade Shower Bath
  36. 36.How to Make Small Sprocket Wheels
  37. 37.Pot-Cover Closet
  38. 38.Aid in Mixing Salad Dressing
  39. 39.Saving Overexposed Developing Prints
  40. 40.An Ironing-Board Stand
  41. 41.A Desk Blotting Pad
  42. 42.Sleeve Holders for Lavatories
  43. 43.Removing Tarnish
  44. 44.How to Make a Brass Bookmark
  45. 45.Cheesebox-Cover Tea Tray
  46. 46.Piercing-Punch for Brass
  47. 47.Kitchen Chopping Board
  48. 48.Carrying Mattresses
  49. 49.A Carpenter's Gauge
  50. 50.A Flatiron Rest
  51. 51.Use for Paper Bags
  52. 52.Use Chalk on Files
  53. 53.A Homemade Steam Turbine By William H. Warnecke
  54. 54.Homemade Telegraph Key
  55. 55.Keeping Food Cool in Camps
  56. 56.Homemade Work Basket
  57. 57.A Window Display
  58. 58.How to Make a Flint Arrowhead
  59. 59.An Opening Handle for a Stamp Pad
  60. 60.Concrete Kennel
  61. 61.Nutshell Photograph Novelty
  62. 62.Spoon Holder on a Kettle
  63. 63.Repairing Cracked Gramophone Records
  64. 64.New Use for a Vacuum Cleaner
  65. 65.Filtering with a Small Funnel
  66. 66.A Postcard Rack
  67. 67.Substitute Shoe Horn
  68. 68.Building a Small Photographic Dark Room
  69. 69.The Versatile Querl
  70. 70.An Emergency Soldering Tool
  71. 71.Smoothing Paper after Erasing
  72. 72.A Cherry Seeder
  73. 73.A Dovetail Joint
  74. 74.Base for Round-End Bottles
  75. 75.Rustic Window Boxes
  76. 76.Antidote for Squirrel Pest
  77. 77.Homemade Electric Stove By J. F. Tholl
  78. 78.Glass-Cleaning Solution
  79. 79.Automatic-Closing Kennel Door
  80. 80.Polishing Cloths for Silver
  81. 81.A Book-Holder
  82. 82.Clamping a Cork
  83. 83.Withdrawing Paper from under an Inverted Bottle
  84. 84.Emergency Tire Repair
  85. 85.Broom Holder Made of a Hinge
  86. 86.Making Proofs before the Negative Dries
  87. 87.Flower-Pot Stand
  88. 88.A Line Harmonograph
  89. 89.Cutting Circular Holes in Thin Sheet Metal
  90. 90.Key Card for Writing Unreadable Post Cards
  91. 91.Homemade Carpenter's Vise
  92. 92.Toning Blue on Bromide and Platinum
  93. 93.Cutting Loaf Bread
  94. 94.How to Make an Electric Toaster
  95. 95.Cabinet for the Amateur's Workshop
  96. 96.Uncurling Photographs
  97. 97.Soldering for the Amateur
  98. 98.Washboard Holder
  99. 99.A Mission Bracket Shelf
  100. 100.How to Make a Finger Ring
  101. 101.How to Bind Magazines
  102. 102.Metal Coverings for Leather Hinges
  103. 103.Removing Plaster from Skin
  104. 104.How to Make a Cheap Bracket Saw
  105. 105.How to Make a Cannon
  106. 106.Controller for a Small Motor
  107. 107.How to Make a Simple Water Rheostat
  108. 108.How to Build a Toboggan Sled By A. Boette
  109. 109.Burning Inscriptions on Trees
  110. 110.How to Make Small Gearwheels Without a Lathe
  111. 111.How to Make Four Pictures on One Plate
  112. 112.Electric Blue-Light Experiment
  113. 113.Interesting Electrical Experiment
  114. 114.A Cheap Fire Alarm
  115. 115.How to Make a Small Electric Furnace
  116. 116.How to Make an Ammeter
  117. 117.How to Make a Three-Way Cock for Small Model-Work
  118. 118.Easy Experiments with Electric-Light Circuit
  119. 119.How to Make an Interrupter
  120. 120.A Miniature "Pepper's Ghost" Illusion
  121. 121.Experiment with Colored Electric Lamps
  122. 122.To Explode Powder with Electricity
  123. 123.Simple Wireless System
  124. 124.Stop Crawling Water Colors
  125. 125.Small Electrical Hydrogen Generator
  126. 126.Gasoline Burner for Model Work
  127. 127.A Homemade Telephone Receiver
  128. 128.How to Bind Magazines
  129. 129.A Homemade Acetylene-Gas Generator
  130. 130.Homemade Annunciator
  131. 131.How to Make a Box Kite
  132. 132.Lubricating a Camera Shutter
  133. 133.Simple Open-Circuit Telegraph Line
  134. 134.How to Make a Thermo Battery
  135. 135.How to Discharge a Toy Cannon by Electricity
  136. 136.Simple Electric Lock
  137. 137.Direct-Connected Reverse for Small Motors
  138. 138.A Handy Ice Chisel
  139. 139.More Uses for Pipe Fittings
  140. 140.Sealing-Wax Bent While Cold
  141. 141.Homemade Pottery Kiln
  142. 142.How to Make a Small Medical Induction Coil
  143. 143.Mechanical Trick With Cards
  144. 144.How to Make a Rain Gauge
  145. 145.How to Make an Aquarium
  146. 146.Homemade Pneumatic Lock
  147. 147.A Homemade Water Motor By Mrs. Paul S. Winter
  148. 148.How to Make Silhouettes
  149. 149.How to Make a Galvanoscope
  150. 150.Lubricating Sheet Metal
  151. 151.An Optical Top
  152. 152.Card Trick with a Tapered Deck
  153. 153.A Constant-Pressure Hydrogen Generator
  154. 154.Restoring Tone to a Cracked Bell
  155. 155.How to Make a Paper Phonograph Horn
  156. 156.How to Make a Hygrometer
  157. 157.The Protection of a Spring Lock
  158. 158.A Controller and Reverse for a Battery Motor
  159. 159.How to Build a Grape Arbor
  160. 160.How to Make a Toy Steam Engine
  161. 161.Writing with Electricity
  162. 162.To Photograph a Man in a Bottle
  163. 163.A Musical Windmill
  164. 164.Optical Illusions
  165. 165.Barrel-Stave Hammock
  166. 166.A Singing Telephone
  167. 167.A Microscope Without a Lens By E. W. Davis
  168. 168.How to Make a Telegraph Key and Sounder
  169. 169.How to Make a Music Cabinet
  170. 170.Easily Made Wireless Coherer
  171. 171.One-Wire Telegraph Line
  172. 172.How to Make a Water Rheostat
  173. 173.Electric Door-Opener
  174. 174.How to Tighten a Curtain-Roller Spring
  175. 175.Alarm Clock Chicken Feeder
  176. 176.Homemade Disk-Record Cabinet
  177. 177.A Battery Rheostat
  178. 178.Automatic Time Switch
  179. 179.How to Make a Rotary Pump
  180. 180.How to Make a Fire Screen
  181. 181.Trap for Small Animals
  182. 182.Homemade Grenet Battery
  183. 183.Door-Opener for Furnace
  184. 184.How to Make an Efficient Wireless Telegraph By George W. Richardson
  185. 185.Beeswax for Wood Filler
  186. 186.How to Make a Lathe
  187. 187.To Use Old Battery Zincs
  188. 188.Callers' Approach Alarm
  189. 189.Easy Method of Electroplating
  190. 190.An Ingenious Electric Lock for a Sliding Door
  191. 191.Parlor Magic for Winter Evenings By C. H. CLAUDY
  192. 192.Reversing-Switch for Electrical Experiments
  193. 193.How to Receive Wireless Telegraph Messages with a Telephone
  194. 194.Connecting Up Batteries to Give Any Voltage
  195. 195.A Simple Accelerometer
  196. 196.An Egg-Shell Funnel
  197. 197.Handy Electric Alarm
  198. 198.To Keep Dogs and Cats Away from the Garbage-Can
  199. 199.How to Cross a Stream on a Log
  200. 200.Relay Made from Electric Bell
  201. 201.Foundry Work at Home — The Equipment — II—How to Make a Mold — III—Melting and Pouring
  202. 202.Battery Switch
  203. 203.An Optical Illusion
  204. 204.New Method of Lifting a Table
  205. 205.How to Make a Paddle Boat
  206. 206.Peculiar Properties of Ice
  207. 207.Return-Call Bell With One Wire
  208. 208.Circuit Breaker for Induction Coils
  209. 209.Spit Turned by Water Power
  210. 210.A Short-Distance Wireless Telegraph
  211. 211.Automatic Draft-Opener
  212. 212.A Window Conservatory
  213. 213.How to Make an Electroscope
  214. 214.Miniature Electric Lighting
  215. 215.How to Make a New Language
  216. 216.How to Make a Cup-and-Saucer Rack
  217. 217.Reversing a Small Motor
  218. 218.To Drive Away Dogs
  219. 219.An Automatic Lock
  220. 220.Experiment with Two-Foot Rule and Hammer
  221. 221.Simple Current Reverser
  222. 222.Alarm Clock to Pull up Furnace Draft
  223. 223.How to Transmit Phonograph Music to a Distance
  224. 224.How to Make a Telescope
  225. 225.How to Make "Freak" Photographs
  226. 226.Another Electric Lock
  227. 227.How to Mix Plaster of Paris
  228. 228.Enlarging with a Hand Camera
  229. 229.Positioning A Hanging Lamp
  230. 230.A Curious Compressed Air Phenomenon
  231. 231.Simple Switch for Reversing a Current
  232. 232.Novel Mousetrap
  233. 233.Polishing Nickel
  234. 234.Homemade Arc Light
  235. 235.Lighting an Incandescent Lamp with an Induction Coil
  236. 236.How to Make a Jump-Spark Coil
  237. 237.Combined Door Bell and Electric Alarm
  238. 238.To Build a Small Brass Furnace
  239. 239.Avoid Paper Lamp Shades
  240. 240.Why Gravity Batteries Fail to Work
  241. 241.A Skidoo-Skidee Trick
  242. 242.Effects of Radium
  243. 243.Naval Speed Record
  244. 244.How to Enlarge from Life in the Camera
  245. 245.Steel Pen Used in Draftsman's Ink Bottle Cork
  246. 246.How to Make a Pilot Balloon By E. Goddard Jorgensen
  247. 247.How to Clean a Clock
  248. 248.How to Make Blueprint Lantern Slides
  249. 249.A Substitute for a Ray Filter
  250. 250.Electric Lamp Experiments
  251. 251.How to Make a Simple Wireless Telegraph By Arthur E. Joerin
  252. 252.To Preserve Putty
  253. 253.How to Make a Small Storage Battery
  254. 254.Fitting a Plug in Different Shaped Holes
  255. 255.How to Make a Lightning Arrester
  256. 256.A Home-Made Punt
  257. 257.Photographers' Printing Frame Stand
  258. 258.Heat and Expansion
  259. 259.Photographing a Streak of Lightning
  260. 260.How to Make a Small Single-Phase Induction Motor By C. H. Bell
  261. 261.Carbolic Acid Burns
  262. 262.How to Make a Paper Book Cover
  263. 263.How to Make Lantern Slides
  264. 264.How To Make A Porch Swing Chair
  265. 265.How to Find the Blind Spot in the Eye
  266. 266.Beeswax Substitute
  267. 267.Home-Made Water Wheel Does Family Washing
  268. 268.An Optical Illusion
  269. 269.Home-Made Micrometer
  270. 270.Another Electric Lamp Experiment
  271. 271.Removing Ink Stains
  272. 272.Feat of Balancing on Chairs
  273. 273.How to Make a Merry-Go-Round Swing
  274. 274.Home-Made Arc Lamp
  275. 275.Irrigation
  276. 276.How to Hang Your Hat on a Lead Pencil
  277. 277.Tying a Knot for Footballs
  278. 278.Stove Polish
  279. 279.How to Give an Electric Shock While Shaking Hands
  280. 280.Experiment with Heat
  281. 281.How to Attach a Combination Trunk Lock
  282. 282.An Electric Illusion Box
  283. 283.Replace Dry Putty
  284. 284.Photo Print Washing Tank
  285. 285.Home-Made Soldering Clamps
  286. 286.A Telephone Experiment
  287. 287.Wax Wood Screws
  288. 288.How to Make an Induction Coil
  289. 289.Home-Made Toaster
  290. 290.Home-Made Shocking Machine
  291. 291.Mahogany Wood Putty
  292. 292.How to Make a Thermoelectric Battery By Arthur E. Joerin
  293. 293.How to Make a Hygrometer
  294. 294.Softening Leather in Gloves and Boots
  295. 295.How to Make a Mission Library Table
  296. 296.A Hanger for Trousers
  297. 297.How to Make an Adjustable Negative Washer
  298. 298.Turn-Down Shelf for a Small Space
  299. 299.Home-Made Electric Battery Massage
  300. 300.How to Make Tint Lantern Slides
  301. 301.A Bicycle Catamaran
  302. 302.How to Make a Lead Pencil Rheostat
  303. 303.Homemade Shoe Rack
  304. 304.How to Waterproof Canvas
  305. 305.Building a House in a Tree Top
  306. 306.How to Make a Lamp Stand and Shade
  307. 307.Illuminating a Watch Dial at Night
  308. 308.Home-Made Photographic Copying Stand
  309. 309.Home-Made Pocket Lamp
  310. 310.How to Make a Tangent Galvanometer
  311. 311.Home-Made X-Ray Instrument
  312. 312.How to Make a a Non-Polarizing Battery
  313. 313.A Home-Made Barometer
  314. 314.Lock Lubricant
  315. 315.Rust Proofing Bolts
  316. 316.Painting Yellow Pine
  317. 317.Revolving a Wheel with Boat Sails
  318. 318.A Floating Electromagnet
  319. 319.A Fish Bait
  320. 320.Homemade Air Thermometer
  321. 321.Home-Made Battery Voltmeter
  322. 322.How to Make a Folding Canvas Cot
  323. 323.How to Make a Small Geissler Tube
  324. 324.Loosening Rusted Nuts
  325. 325.Cleaning Greasy Stoves
  326. 326.How to Make a Take-Down Background Frame
  327. 327.Home-Made Kite Reel
  328. 328.Attaching Runners to a Bicycle for Winter Use
  329. 329.A Paper That Makes Green Prints
  330. 330.Copies Made from Wax Molds by Electro-Deposition
  331. 331.How to Make Skating Shoes
  332. 332.How to Make a Self-Setting Rabbit Trap
  333. 333.How to Make an Atomizer
  334. 334.Home-Made Kits for the Camera
  335. 335.How to Make a Miniature Stage
  336. 336.A Floating Compass Needle
  337. 337.Home-Made Dog Cart
  338. 338.How to Make a Dry Battery Cell
  339. 339.How to Paraffin Wire
  340. 340.Uses of Peat
  341. 341.Scientific Explanation of a Toy
  342. 342.Home-Made Lantern
  343. 343.A Study of Splashes
  344. 344.How to Make a Stick Pin
  345. 345.How to Make a Miniature Electric Locomotive
  346. 346.Demagnetizing a Watch
  347. 347.How to Make a Pocket Skate Sharpener
  348. 348.Old-Time Magic — Trick with a Coin in a Wine Glass — Untying-a-Knot Trick
  349. 349.Gear-Cutting Attachment for Small Lathes
  350. 350.Wire Terminals for Battery Connections
  351. 351.Simple Arts and Crafts Leather Work
  352. 352.How to Make a Simple Still
  353. 353.Homemade Mariner's Compass
  354. 354.Brighten White Paint
  355. 355.Quartz Electrodes Used in Receiving Wireless Messages
  356. 356.How to Make a Glider By Carl Bates
  357. 357.Boys Representing the Centaur
  358. 358.Home-Made Ladle for Melting Babbitt
  359. 359.How to Make a Flash Lamp
  360. 360.Photographing the New Moon
  361. 361.Old-Time Magic—Part II — Removing Scissors from a Cord
  362. 362.Coin and Card on the First Finger
  363. 363.How to Make Sealing Wax Hat Pins
  364. 364.Old-Time Magic-Part III — Disappearing Coin — Sticking a Coin Against the Wall
  365. 365.A Chinese Outdoor Game
  366. 366.Home-Made Photograph of a Lightning Flash
  367. 367.How to Make a Static Machine
  368. 368.A Concrete Swimming Pool
  369. 369.Old-Time Magic-Part IV — Cutting a Thread Inside of a Glass Bottle — Removing a Key from a Double String
  370. 370.How to Bore a Square Hole
  371. 371.How To Make Copper Trays
  372. 372.Photograph of a Clown Face
  373. 373.Finger Mathematics By Charles C. Bradley
  374. 374.Optical Illusions
  375. 375.Steam Engine Made from Gas Pipe and Fittings
  376. 376.How to Make a Copper Bowl
  377. 377.Cleaning Furniture
  378. 378.Melting Lead in Tissue Paper
  379. 379.The Principles of the Stereograph
  380. 380.Mercury Make-and-Break Connections for Induction Coils
  381. 381.How to Make a Barometer
  382. 382.Home-Made Post or Swinging Light
  383. 383.A Checker Puzzle
  384. 384.Gold Railroad Signals
  385. 385.How to Make a Bell Tent
  386. 386.Simple X-Ray Experiment
  387. 387.How to Make a Candle Shade
  388. 388.A Putty Grinder
  389. 389.Home-Made Small Churn
  390. 390.Home-Made Round Swing
  391. 391.Old-Time Magic-Part V — The Disappearing Coin
  392. 392.How to Keep Film Negatives
  393. 393.Home-Made Match Safe
  394. 394.An Electric Post Card Projector
  395. 395.A Handy Calendar
  396. 396.The Fuming of Oak
  397. 397.How to Make an Electrolytic Rectifier
  398. 398.The Rolling Marble
  399. 399.A Gas Cannon
  400. 400.Old-Time Magic-Part VI — A Handkerchief Mended after Being Cut and Torn — The Magic Knot
  401. 401.A Good Mouse Trap
  402. 402.Finishing Aluminum
  403. 403.How to Make a Sailing Canoe
  404. 404.A Home-Made Hand Vise
  405. 405.Proper Design for a Bird House
  406. 406.Boomerangs and How to Make Them
  407. 407.How to Make Water Wings
  408. 408.How to Make an Ammeter
  409. 409.How to Make an Equatorial
  410. 410.Electric Light Turned On and Off from Different Places
  411. 411.Optical Illusion
  412. 412.How to Make a Bunsen Cell
  413. 413.One Way to Cook Fish
  414. 414.Hardening Copper
  415. 415.Packing Cut from Felt Hats
  416. 416.Homemade Gasoline Engine
  417. 417.Dripping Carburetor
  418. 418.A Merry-Go-Round Thriller
  419. 419.How to Make and Fly a Chinese Kite
  420. 420.Home-Made Vise
  421. 421.Home-Made Changing Bag for Plate Holders
  422. 422.Home-Made Asbestos Table Pads
  423. 423.How to Make a Ladies' Handbag
  424. 424.Removing Wire Insulation
  425. 425.A Small Electric Motor
  426. 426.Moving a Coin Under a Glass
  427. 427.Improving Phonograph Sound
  428. 428.How to Make Paper Balloons
  429. 429.A Simple Steamboat Model
  430. 430.To Remove Grease from Machinery
  431. 431.A Game Played on the Ice
  432. 432.Making Photo Silhouette Brass Plaques
  433. 433.Aligning Automobile Headlights
  434. 434.Telescope Stand and Holder
  435. 435.How to Make an Electrical Horn
  436. 436.Driving a Washing Machine with Motorcycle Power
  437. 437.Home-Made Aquarium
  438. 438.Protect Your Lathe
  439. 439.Frame for Displaying Both Sides of Coins
  440. 440.How to Make Lantern Slides
  441. 441.How to Make a Developing Box
  442. 442.Staining Wood
  443. 443.Sheet-Metal Whisk-Broom Holder
  444. 444.How to Make a Camp Stool
  445. 445.A Small Home-Made Electric Motor
  446. 446.Rocker Blocks on Coaster Sleds
  447. 447.How to Make a Watch Fob
  448. 448.Drill Lubricant
  449. 449.New Way to Remove a Bottle Stopper
  450. 450.Imitation Fancy Wings on Hinges
  451. 451.How to Make a Child's Rolling Toy
  452. 452.How to Make a Portfolio
  453. 453.Gear for Model Work
  454. 454.A Home-Made Vise
  455. 455.Cardboard Spiral Turned by Heat
  456. 456.A Workbench for the Amateur
  457. 457.Repairing a Worn Knife Blade
  458. 458.How to Make a Leather Spectacle Case
  459. 459.Waterproofing a Wall
  460. 460.Polishing Flat Surfaces
  461. 461.Rubber Tip for Chair Legs
  462. 462.Adjusting a Plumb-Bob Line
  463. 463.Drier for Footwear
  464. 464.Repairing A Roller Shade
  465. 465.A Shot Scoop
  466. 466.Removing Grease Stains from the Leaves of a Book
  467. 467.Tightening Cane in Furniture
  468. 468.Cleaner for a Stovepipe
  469. 469.Mounting Photo Prints on Glass
  470. 470.Dropping Coins in a Glass Full of Water
  471. 471.Hollow-Grinding Ice Skates
  472. 472.How to Make a Bicycle Coasting Sled
  473. 473.Spelling Names with Photo Letters
  474. 474.Holding a Loose Screw
  475. 475.A Checker Board Puzzle
  476. 476.Old-Time Magic — Changing a Button into a Coin — Buttonhole Trick
  477. 477.How to Remove Paper from Stamps
  478. 478.Imitation Arms and Armor Part I
  479. 479.A Dovetail Joint Puzzle
  480. 480.Radiator Water
  481. 481.Springboard for Swimmers
  482. 482.Taking Button from a Child's Nostril
  483. 483.Brass Frame in Repoussé
  484. 484.Finding the Horsepower of Small Motors
  485. 485.Illusion for Window Attraction
  486. 486.Cleaner for White Shoes
  487. 487.Crossing Belt Laces
  488. 488.How to Make a Candlestick Holder
  489. 489.A Home-Made Duplicator
  490. 490.Paper-Clip Bookmark
  491. 491.Aerating Water in a Small Tank
  492. 492.Imitation Arms and Armor-Part II
  493. 493.How to Make a Round Belt Without Ends
  494. 494.Old-Time Magic — The Growing Flower — Water and Wine Trick
  495. 495.Cheap Nails are Expensive
  496. 496.Cutting Lantern Slide Masks
  497. 497.Relieving the Weight of a Talking Machine Reproducer
  498. 498.How to Make a Thermometer Back in Etched Copper
  499. 499.To Make an Electric Piano
  500. 500.Imitation Arms and Armor—Part III
  501. 501.Playing Baseball with a Pocket Knife
  502. 502.How to Remove Paper Stuck to a Negative
  503. 503.Old-Time Magic — A Sack Trick — The Invisible Light
  504. 504.Using the Sun's Light in a Magic Lantern
  505. 505.A Handy Drill Gauge
  506. 506.Stove Polish
  507. 507.A Home-Made Daniell Cell
  508. 508.A Home-Made Equatorial By Harry Clark
  509. 509.A Ground Glass Substitute
  510. 510.A Miniature War Dance
  511. 511.Saving an Engine
  512. 512.Old-Time Magic — Removing 36 Cannon Balls from a Handbag — A Rising Card Trick
  513. 513.Sliding Box Cover Fastener
  514. 514.How to Chain a Dog
  515. 515.Water-Color Box
  516. 516.Saving Ink Pens
  517. 517.A Plant-Food Percolator
  518. 518.Lathe Safety
  519. 519.Folding Quilting-Frames
  520. 520.A Drip Shield for the Arms
  521. 521.How to Cane Chairs
  522. 522.Repairing a Cracked Composition Developing Tray
  523. 523.How to Lay Out a Sundial
  524. 524.Imitation Arms and Armor-Part IV
  525. 525.An Emergency Babbitt Ladle
  526. 526.How to Make Japanese Portieres
  527. 527.Makeshift Camper's Lantern
  528. 528.New Tires for Carpet-Sweeper Wheels
  529. 529.Gauntlets on Gloves
  530. 530.How to Make an Ornamental Brass Flag
  531. 531.An Adjustable Punching-Bag Platform
  532. 532.Clasp for Holding Flexible Lamp Cords
  533. 533.Protect Camel Hair Brushes
  534. 534.Home-Made Electric Clock
  535. 535.Method of Joining Boards
  536. 536.Toy Gun for Throwing Cardboard Squares
  537. 537.Photographic Developing Tray
  538. 538.Iron Putty
  539. 539.Rubber Bands in Kite Balancing Strings
  540. 540.An Aid in Sketching
  541. 541.How to Make Miniature Electric Lamp Sockets
  542. 542.Imitation Arms and Armor-Part V
  543. 543.How to Repair Linoleum — How to Make an Electric Stove
  544. 544.How to Make Weights for Athletes
  545. 545.Removing Pies from Pans
  546. 546.Stretcher for Drying Photograph Prints
  547. 547.A Temporary Funnel
  548. 548.An Electric Engine
  549. 549.Child's Home-Made Swing Seat
  550. 550.Clay Flower Pots Used for Bird Houses
  551. 551.Location of a Gas Meter
  552. 552.How to Make Rope Grills
  553. 553.A Simple and Effective Filter
  554. 554.Cutting Tools
  555. 555.Imitation Arms and Armor-Part VI
  556. 556.Home-Made Hand Vise
  557. 557.Detector for Slight Electrical Charges
  558. 558.Fishing through Ice with a Tip-Up
  559. 559.Home-Made Candle Holder
  560. 560.How to Make a Match Holder of Wood and Metal
  561. 561.Protecting the Fingers from Chemicals
  562. 562.Combined Turning Rings and Swings
  563. 563.Homemade Telegraph Key
  564. 564.Protecting Sleeves
  565. 565.Imitation Arms and Armor—Part VII
  566. 566.A Home-Made Tripod Holder
  567. 567.How to Weave a Shoestring Watch Fob
  568. 568.How to Make a Table Mat of Leather
  569. 569.Sad Iron Polisher
  570. 570.Making Coins Stick to Wood by Vacuum
  571. 571.Simple and Safe Method for Sending Coins by Mail
  572. 572.Mounting Photographs in Plaster Plaques
  573. 573.Iron Rest for an Ironing Board
  574. 574.Instantaneous Crystallization
  575. 575.Decoloration of Flowers by Fumes of Sulphur
  576. 576.How to Preserve Egg Shells
  577. 577.Homemade Phonograph
  578. 578.A Substitute for a Compass
  579. 579.A Novel Rat Trap
  580. 580.A Nut-Cracking Block
  581. 581.A Jelly-Making Stand
  582. 582.How to Make an Egg-Beater
  583. 583.Cart Without an Axle
  584. 584.An Illuminated Target
  585. 585.Sawing Sheet Metal
  586. 586.Feed Box for Chickens
  587. 587.A Book Rest
  588. 588.Window Shelf for Flower Pots
  589. 589.Magnet for the Work Basket
  590. 590.Knife Made from a Hack-Saw Blade
  591. 591.Killing Mice and Rats
  592. 592.Roller Coaster Illusion Traveling Up an Incline
  593. 593.Block for Planing Octagonal Wood Pieces
  594. 594.A Letter Holder of Pierced Metal
  595. 595.Imitating Ground Glass
  596. 596.Draw before Cutting
  597. 597.Making "Spirits" Play a Violin
  598. 598.Sizing a Threaded Hole
  599. 599.Leaded-Glass Fire Screen
  600. 600.A Revolving Teeter Board
  601. 601.Home-Made Pot Covers
  602. 602.An Outdoor Gymnasium Part I-The Horizontal Bar
  603. 603.Electrostatic Illumination
  604. 604.Balloon Ascension Illusion By C. W. Nieman
  605. 605.A Cork Extractor
  606. 606.An Outdoor Gymnasium Part II-Parallel Bars
  607. 607.Combined Ladle and Strainer
  608. 608.Cleaning Gloves
  609. 609.Turpentine in Cutting Oil
  610. 610.Center of Gravity Experiment
  611. 611.Lathe Accuracy
  612. 612.An Outdoor Gymnasium PART III-The Horse
  613. 613.Spoon Rest for Kettles
  614. 614.Reason for Bursting of Gun Barrels
  615. 615.Hand Sled Made of Pipe and Fittings
  616. 616.Emergency Magnifying Glass
  617. 617.Bent-Iron Pipe Rack
  618. 618.To Clean Silver
  619. 619.Sharpening Skates with a File
  620. 620.Lines and Letters Made with a Carpenter's Pencil
  621. 621.Insulating Aluminum Wire
  622. 622.How to Build an Ice-Yacht Condensed from an article by H. Percy Ashley in Rudder.
  623. 623.Turning Lights On and Off from Any Number of Places
  624. 624.How to Make an Electric Pendant Switch
  625. 625.Measure
  626. 626.Home-Made Water Motor
  627. 627.Device for Baseball Throwing Practice
  628. 628.How to Mail Photographs
  629. 629.A Mystifying Watch Trick
  630. 630.Locking Several Drawers with One Lock
  631. 631.Testing Small Electric Lamps
  632. 632.How to Make a Pin Ball
  633. 633.Cleaning Woodwork
  634. 634.Bill File Made of Corkscrews
  635. 635.Ornamental Metal Inkstand
  636. 636.Holding Eyeglasses Firm
  637. 637.Substitute for Gummed Paper
  638. 638.Repairing a Broken Phonograph Spring
  639. 639.Calls While You Are Out
  640. 640.A Small Bench Lathe Made of Pipe Fittings
  641. 641.Holder for Flexible Lamp-Cord
  642. 642.Support for Double Clotheslines
  643. 643.Hot Pan or Plate Lifter
  644. 644.Weighting Indian Clubs
  645. 645.Venting a Funnel
  646. 646.Lubricating Woodscrews
  647. 647.To Make "Centering" Unnecessary
  648. 648.Fountain Pen Cap Used as a Ruler
  649. 649.Vanishing Handkerchief Trick
  650. 650.Removing Glass Letters from Windows
  651. 651.A Guitar That Is Easy to Make
  652. 652.Greasing the Front Wheels of an Automobile
  653. 653.Removing Mold
  654. 654.How To Make A Paper Boat A Light Boat That Can Be Easily Carried
  655. 655.To Hang Heavy Things on a Nail
  656. 656.A Home-Made Elderberry Huller
  657. 657.How to Make a Bulb on a Glass Tube
  658. 658.How to Make a Sconce
  659. 659.How To Make a Hectograph
  660. 660.How to Make a Sailomobile By Frank Mulford, Shiloh, N. J.
  661. 661.A Home-Made Magic Lantern
  662. 662.A Quickly Made Lamp
  663. 663.How to Make a Paper Aeroplane
  664. 664.Bronze Liquid
  665. 665.A Wrestling Mat
  666. 666.A Pocket Voltammeter
  667. 667.A Film Washing Trough
  668. 668.Wood Burning
  669. 669.The Diving Bottle
  670. 670.How to Make an Inexpensive Wooden Fan
  671. 671.Combination Telegraph and Telephone Line
  672. 672.How to Make a Miniature Windmill
  673. 673.How to Make a Telegraph Instrument and Buzzer
  674. 674.How to Make a Water Bicycle
  675. 675.How To Make a Small Searchlight
  676. 676.Electric Alarm that Rings a Bell and Turns on a Light
  677. 677.How to Hold a Screw on a Screwdriver
  678. 678.How to Make a Lead Cannon
  679. 679.Homemade Electric Bed Warmer
  680. 680.Making a Fire with the Aid of Ice
  681. 681.How to Make a Crossbow and Arrow Sling
  682. 682.A Home-Made Vise
  683. 683.Temporary Dark Room Lantern
  684. 684.Runny Paint
  685. 685.Camps and How to Build Them
  686. 686.Brooder for Small Chicks
  687. 687.Faucet Used as an Emergency Plug
  688. 688.Automatic Electric Heat Regulator
  689. 689.Repairing a Washer on a Flush Valve
  690. 690.Cleaning Discolored Silver
  691. 691.How to Make a Small Electric Motor By W. A. Robertson
  692. 692.Protecting Tinware
  693. 693.Another Optical Illusion
  694. 694.Substitute for Insulating Cleats
  695. 695.Electrically Operated Indicator for a Wind Vane
  696. 696.A Home-Made Floor Polisher
  697. 697.How to Make a Lady's Card-Case
  698. 698.Home-Made Fire Extinguisher
  699. 699.Crutch Made of an Old Broom
  700. 700.Toy Darts and Parachutes
  701. 701.A Tool for Lifting Can Covers
  702. 702.Keeping Rats from a Chicken Coop
  703. 703.Homemade Telephone Receiver
  704. 704.How to Clean Jewelry
  705. 705.Ornamental Iron Flower Stand
  706. 706.How to Make a Coin Purse
  707. 707.Window Anti-Frost Solution
  708. 708.How to Make a Turbine Engine
  709. 709.Painting A Car
  710. 710.How To Build An Ice Boat
  711. 711.Electric Rat Exterminator
  712. 712.How to Make a Simple Fire Alarm
  713. 713.To Build a Merry-Go-Round
  714. 714.Arbor Wheels
  715. 715.Novelty Clock for the Kitchen
  716. 716.How to Make a Small Silver Plating Outfit
  717. 717.Removing a Tight-Fitting Ring from a Finger
  718. 718.A Photographic Jig-Saw Puzzle
  719. 719.Rolling Uphill Illusion
  720. 720.Maple Leaf
  721. 721.Annealing Chisel Steel
  722. 722.How to Make a Post Card Holder
  723. 723.Unused Paint
  724. 724.Perfume-Making Outfit
  725. 725.Home-Made Duplicator for Box Cameras
  726. 726.Optical Illusions
  727. 727.Use of Kerosene in Polishing Metals
  728. 728.How to Make Lamps Burn Brightly
  729. 729.A Practical Camera for Fifty Cents By C. H. Claudy
  730. 730.Use for an Old Clock
  731. 731.Renewing Dry Batteries
  732. 732.Saving a Brush
  733. 733.How to Make a Simple Burglar Alarm
  734. 734.How to Fit Corks
  735. 735.Right Handed Engine
  736. 736.Home-Made Crutch
  737. 737.Home-Made Necktie Holder
  738. 738.How to Make a Trousers Hanger
  739. 739.Easy Designs in Ornamental Iron Work — How to Make a Water Wheel
  740. 740.How To Build An Imitation Street Car Line
  741. 741.Clean Before Painting
  742. 742.Varnish for Electric Terminals
  743. 743.Measuring the Height of a Tree
  744. 744.White Putty to Black
  745. 745.Using Sandpaper
  746. 746.An Interesting Electrical Experiment
  747. 747.Novelty Chain Made from a Match
  748. 748.Keeping Doors Closed
  749. 749.Restoring Broken Negatives
  750. 750.Coin and Tumbler Trick
  751. 751.Another Way to Renew Dry Batteries
  752. 752.Simply Made Wire Puzzle
  753. 753.Pronunciation
  754. 754.Repairing Box Cameras
  755. 755.A Fishhook Box
  756. 756.A Tin Drinking Cup for the Camp
  757. 757.A Bookmark
  758. 758.Kitchen Knife Sharpener
  759. 759.Devices of Winter Sports How to Make and Use Them — Tip Up Pole — Jumping-Jack Fisherman — Merry-Go-Round Whirl on Ice
  760. 760.The Running Sleigh — The Winged Skater — Ice Boating — Coasters and Chair Sleighs — Folding Chair Sleigh — The Toboggan Sled — The Norwegian Ski
  761. 761.Home-Made Settee
  762. 762.Enameling a Bicycle Frame
  763. 763.How to Make a Sewing Bag
  764. 764.Home-Made Roller Skates
  765. 765.Adjuster for Flexible Electric Wires
  766. 766.Making Photographs on Watch Dials
  767. 767.Home-Made Overhead Trolley Coaster
  768. 768.How to Make an Electric Furnace Regulator
  769. 769.Weatherproofing for Tents
  770. 770.Sawing Sheet Metal
  771. 771.A Monoplane Weather Vane
  772. 772.How to Make a Minnow Trap
  773. 773.A Remedy for Leaking Fountain Pens
  774. 774.Kites of Many Kinds and How to Make Them
  775. 775.How to Make Rubber Stamps
  776. 776.To Light a Gaslight Without Matches
  777. 777.How To Make a Trap For Rabbits, Rats and Mice
  778. 778.Novel Electric Motor
  779. 779.How to Print Photographs on Silk
  780. 780.Removing Old Paint
  781. 781.A Window Lock
  782. 782.Homemade Magnifying Glass
  783. 783.Trailer for a Bicycle
  784. 784.Home-Made Telephone Transmitter
  785. 785.Quickly Made Lawn Tent
  786. 786.How to Make a Windmill of One or Two Horsepower for Practical Purposes
  787. 787.To Renew Old Dry Batteries
  788. 788.Blue Dye
  789. 789.Acetylene lamp
  790. 790.Another Electric Motor
  791. 791.How to Make a Propelling Vehicle
  792. 792.Ringing a Bell by Touching a Gas Jet
  793. 793.Lead Kills Knots
  794. 794.How to Make a Wood Turning Lathe Out of an Old Sewing Machine
  795. 795.Reversing Small Battery Motor
  796. 796.Cleaning Bronze Bearings
  797. 797.A Water Candlestick
  798. 798.How to File Soft Metals
  799. 799.To Make a Magazine Binder
  800. 800.Temporary Spline
  801. 801.A Library Set in Pyro-Carving By Helen Westinghouse
  802. 802.Cleaning Brass
  803. 803.A Phoneidoscope
  804. 804.A Home-Made Yankee Bobsled
  805. 805.How to Make a Small Microscope
  806. 806.Freezing Pipes
  807. 807.How to Carry Books
  808. 808.Bottle Pushers
  809. 809.How to Make a Hammock
  810. 810.How to Obtain Cheap Dry Batteries
  811. 811.How to Make a Water Telescope
  812. 812.How to Rid Your Yard of Cats
  813. 813.Substitute for a Drill Bit
  814. 814.Drying Films
  815. 815.Grooved Pulley Made from Sheet Tin
  816. 816.An Emergency Glass Funnel
  817. 817.An Electrical Walking Stick
  818. 818.Convenient Shelf Arrangement
  819. 819.A Shoe Scraper
  820. 820.Fastening a Shade to a Roller
  821. 821.Vegetable Slicer
  822. 822.How to Make an Etched Copper Picture Frame
  823. 823.How to Make an Easel
  824. 824.How to Make a Wind Propeller
  825. 825.Replacing Ball Bearings
  826. 826.How to Construct an Annunciator
  827. 827.How to Make a Steam Calliope
  828. 828.Sharpening Scissors
  829. 829.Counter Brush for a Shop
  830. 830.A Curtain Roller
  831. 831.Shade-Holder Bracket for a Gas Jet
  832. 832.To Longer Preserve Cut Flowers
  833. 833.Glass Blowing and Forming
  834. 834.Cadmium and Solder
  835. 835.Telegraph Codes
  836. 836.How to Make a Cruising Catamaran
  837. 837.Alligator Photo Mounts
  838. 838.How to Attach a Sail to a Bicycle
  839. 839.Removing Iodine Stains
  840. 840.Drying Photograph Prints without Curling
  841. 841.Puncturing Glass Plates
  842. 842.A Home-Made Still
  843. 843.Old-Time Magic — Balancing Forks on a Pin Head — The Buttoned Cord
  844. 844.Experiment with an Incandescent Lamp
  845. 845.How to Make a Small Motor
  846. 846.Aluminum Polish
  847. 847.Homemade Blowpipe
  848. 848.Substitute Sink or Bathtub Stopper
  849. 849.Safety Tips on Chair Rockers
  850. 850.How to Make a Toy Flier
  851. 851.How to Make an Ironing-Board Stand
  852. 852.A Home-Made Electric Plug
  853. 853.How to Make an Electric Fire Alarm
  854. 854.Home-Made Boy's Car
  855. 855.Photographs in Relief Easily Made
  856. 856.Wireless Tip
  857. 857.How to Make a Wireless Telephone
  858. 858.Eyelets for Belts
  859. 859.How to Make a Life Buoy
  860. 860.A Home-Made Microscope
  861. 861.A Novel Electric Time Alarm
  862. 862.How to Make a Phonograph Record Cabinet
  863. 863.Experiments with a Mirror
  864. 864.Miniature Electric Lamps
  865. 865.How to Make a Magazine Clamp
  866. 866.Pewter Finish for Brass
  867. 867.Drowning a Dog's Bark with Water
  868. 868.Cost of Water
  869. 869.How to Make a Wondergraph By F. E. Tuck
  870. 870.How to Make a 110-Volt Transformer
  871. 871.Experiment with a Vacuum
  872. 872.The Making of Freak Photographs
  873. 873.Hand Car Made of Pipe and Fittings
  874. 874.How to Make a Rustic Seat
  875. 875.Heated Steering Wheel
  876. 876.Homemade Workbench By C. E. McKinney, Jr.
  877. 877.Forming Coils to Make Flexible Wire Connections
  878. 878.Photographing the North Star
  879. 879.How to Relight a Match
  880. 880.Home-Made Hand Drill
  881. 881.How to Make a Stationary Windmill
  882. 882.Electric Anesthesia
  883. 883.A Simple Battery Rheostat
  884. 884.A Frame for Drying Films
  885. 885.A Home-Made Novelty Clock
  886. 886.Fourth-of-July Catapult
  887. 887.How to Make a Miniature Volcano
  888. 888.Wire Loop Connections for Battery Binding-Posts
  889. 889.Melting Metal in the Flame of a Match
  890. 890.Russian Squirrels
  891. 891.Landscape Drawing Made Easy
  892. 892.Irrigating with Tomato Cans
  893. 893.Fountain for an Ordinary Pen
  894. 894.Homemade Mousetrap
  895. 895.Clear Wax Impressions from Seals
  896. 896.A Window Stick
  897. 897.How to Make a Canoe
  898. 898.Thorns Used as Needles on a Phonograph
  899. 899.Tool Hangers
  900. 900.Child's Footrest on an Ordinary Chair
  901. 901.Drying Photo Postal Cards
  902. 902.Preserving Key Forms
  903. 903.Renewing Typewriter Ribbons
  904. 904.Drinking Trough for Chickens
  905. 905.Ordinary Pen Used as a Fountain Pen
  906. 906.How to Construct a Small Thermostat By R. A. McClure
  907. 907.A Tailless Kite
  908. 908.The Levitation—A Modern Stage Trick
  909. 909.Contents

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