Toy-Making in School and Home
by R. K. Polkinghorne
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About this eBook
- Author
- Polkinghorne, M. I. R. (Mabel Irene Rutherford)
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Richard Tonsing, Chris Curnow, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- TS: Technology: Manufactures
- Subject
- Toys
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 45775
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45775
- Release Date
- May 27, 2014
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.TOY-MAKING IN SCHOOL AND HOME
- 2.Contents
- 3.Introduction — I. EXTERNAL EVIDENCE — II. INTERNAL EVIDENCE
- 4.TOY-MAKING IN SCHOOL AND HOME — CHAPTER I TOY-MAKING AND ITS EDUCATIONAL POSSIBILITIES — CHAPTER II GENERAL PRINCIPLES; MATERIALS — CHAPTER III PAPER WORK FOR INFANTS — CHAPTER IV MORE PAPER TOYS — CHAPTER V MATCH-BOX TOYS — CHAPTER VI MORE COMPLICATED MATCH-BOX AND CORK TOYS — CHAPTER VII CORK ANIMALS HARNESSED TO SLEDGES, ETC. — CHAPTER VIII MORE CORK TOYS — CHAPTER IX CARDBOARD AND PAPER SHIPS ( Plate IV ) — CHAPTER X CARDBOARD AND PAPER TOYS INVOLVING USE OF RULER, SET-SQUARE, SCISSORS, AND KNIFE — CHAPTER XI SIMPLE WOODWORK — CHAPTER XII MATERIALS — CHAPTER XIII SOME DIFFICULTIES IN TOY-MAKING — CHAPTER XIV MERRY-GO-ROUND, SWINGING BOATS, AND GREAT WHEEL — CHAPTER XV FLYING AIRSHIPS, GONDOLAS, AND BIRDS ( Plate VI) — CHAPTER XVI FIRE-ENGINE, MOTOR-LORRY, AND STEAM-ROLLER ( Plate VII ) — CHAPTER XVII GIPSY CARAVAN AND BATHING MACHINE — CHAPTER XVIII A TRAIN AND RAILWAY STATION ( Plate VIII ) — CHAPTER XIX RED CROSS MOTOR AND TAXI-CAB ( Plate VIII ) — CHAPTER XX SWINGING AND JOINTED ANIMALS ( Plate IX )
- 5.PART II — CHAPTER I ADDITIONAL TOOLS — CHAPTER II CAPSTAN, DREADNOUGHT, LINER — CHAPTER III MOTOR-CAR ( Plate VIII ), SWINGING CRADLE, DECK-CHAIR — CHAPTER IV A TRAM-CAR — CHAPTER V A CRANE — CHAPTER VI WINDMILL, WATER-WHEEL, AND WELL — CHAPTER VII DRAWBRIDGE AND SIEGE TOWER — CHAPTER VIII WAR ENGINES PAST AND PRESENT — CHAPTER IX A FIRE-ESCAPE ( Plate XIV ) — CHAPTER X CASTLE, TOURNAMENT, AND FAIR — CHAPTER XI AN OLD CHARIOT AND SOME QUAINT DOLLS' FURNITURE — CHAPTER XII RAILWAY SIGNAL AND SIGNAL-BOX — CHAPTER XIII LIGHTHOUSE, TRANSPORTER BRIDGE — CHAPTER XIV YACHTS AND BOATS; THE USE OF THE CHISEL — CHAPTER XV THE FRET-SAW — CHAPTER XVI LITTLE GYMNAST; DANCING CLOWN; ROCKING ANIMALS — CHAPTER XVII MOVING FIGURES — CHAPTER XVIII SOME OLD-FASHIONED TOYS—A MONKEY-UP-A-STICK, A JACK-IN-THE-BOX — CHAPTER XIX LITTLE SWORDSMEN — CHAPTER XX SOME MORE FRET-SAW TOYS — CHAPTER XXI TOYS WORKED BY SAND — CHAPTER XXII TOYS WORKED BY WHEELS, ETC. — CHAPTER XXIII KITES, GLIDERS, AND AEROPLANES — CHAPTER XXIV MORE OLD-FASHIONED TOYS — CHAPTER XXV LIFT, PONT ROULANT, TOWER BRIDGE — CHAPTER XXVI SOLDERING. SCREW STEAMER. TOYS WORKED BY WIND AND BY CONVECTION CURRENTS — CHAPTER XXVII BUILDINGS AT HOME AND ABROAD — CHAPTER XXVIII A THEATRE
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