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Title: The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1

700 Things For Boys To Do

Author: Popular Mechanics

Release Date: June 18, 2004 [EBook #12655]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1

*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BOY MECHANIC: VOLUME 1 ***

Produced by Don Kostuch

The Boy Mechanic

Vol. 1

700 Things for Boys to Do

800 Illustrations Showing How

Jack Mansfield

Jan 28, 1938

August 1916

From Mother

THE BOY MECHANIC VOLUME I

Transcriber’s Notes:

This text accurately reproduces the original book except for adherence to Project Gutenburg

guidelines. Each project title is followed by its original page number to allow use of the

alphabetical contents (index) at the end of the book. The book used very complex typesetting

to conserve space. This transcription uses simple one-column linear layout.

The text only version is of limited use because of the widespread occurrence of diagrams

and illustrations. Use the pdf version for the complete text.

Many projects are of contemporary interest—magic, kites and boomerangs for example. Try

a “Querl” for starters.

There are many projects of purely historical interest, such as chemical photography,

phonographs, and devices for coal furnaces.

Another class of projects illustrate the caviler attitude toward environment and health in

1913. These projects involve items such as gunpowder, acetylene, hydrogen, lead, mercury,

sulfuric acid, nitric acid, cadmium, potassium sulfate, potassium cyanide, potassium

ferrocyanide, copper sulfate, and hydrochloric acid. Several involve the construction of

hazardous electrical devices. Please view these as snapshots of culture and attitude, not as

suggestions for contemporary activity.

Be careful and have fun or simply read and enjoy a trip into yesterday.

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