The Boy Mechanic:Volume I: 700 Things For Boys To Do With 800 Illustrations

This first volume of the Boy Mechanic series is an exhaustive collection of building projects and household help hacks. From large detailed plans to build a sailing canoe, to the emergent need to create a quick paper funnel, this book has instructions and detailed diagrams for a wider variety of items. The many contributors have advice on cleaning, constructing, magic, efficiency, and fishing to name just a few of the 700 topics in this vast manual. This volume was originally published in 1913 and reads as both intriguing reference and historical non-fiction. Although you may want to bypass the less relevant directions to create a telephone receiver or a flatiron rest, and you will definitely bypass instructions for projects using mercury and lead, the projects that detail creating kites, performing intricate magic tricks, building motors, homesteading, making your own aquarium, creating a lamp with shade will keep you entertained with the simple ingenuity that can be adapted by the reader for their own circumstance. This edition has: - An interactive title of contents - All 800 illustrations - an introduction detailing the Boy Mechanic series Please take a peek at the table of contents to sample the array of amazing projects within!Includes- original introduction history of the Boy Mechanic series- 800 illustrationsNote: the manuscript was reloaded to Amazon January 12,2022 to update the missing images in the print version. They were always present in the Kindle version. Our deepest apologies for the missing the images in the first print version. This has now been remedied. Read more