"1000 things for Boys to Do." 

Do plane-table surveying and make accurate maps. Make a four-passenger bobsled, and ice glider, snowshoes, snowball thrower, paddlewheel boat, tandem monoplane glider, movie camera and projector, laboratory gas generator, soap box racer, oil burner for cook stove, combination lock for a drawer, magic tricks, electric score board, disc-armature motor, and hundreds of other things. 

From 1915. Like volume one, this is a classic worth having. Get one! 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 

softcover 473 pages 

No. 20676 

Only 800 things for boys to do in this volume. Just 800... 

This third volume seems to be somewhat more outdoors oriented than the first two volumes. You get ideas on building a coasting toboggan, sail driven ice boat, instructions on skiing, casting for game fish, on building a canoe, a house boat, a portable fishing boat, tricks of camping out and much more. You'll find great ideas on building a boy's homemade motor car, mission furniture, a searchlight, a dragon kite, a model mono-plane, a circular swing, a merry-go-round, a aerial cableway, a miniature fighting tank, a machine gun, a small working pile driver,homemade electric model train set, plans for a variety of photographic equipment,a miniature illuminating gas plant, a hydraulic turbine, and much, much more. 

More of the same entertaining illustrated how-to stories. From 1919! Your copy is waiting. Just say the word. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 softcover 476 pages 

No. 21796

The Boy Electrician, 1940
by Alfred P. Morgan 

If there could be only one book chosen as the boy's book of electricity, it would have to be this one. The first edition appeared in 1913 and there were many to follow. This is the 1940 edition, and I know there were later editions. 

Here, you get chapters entitled magnets and magnetism; static electricity; static electric machines; voltaic cells and batteries; electromagnetism and magnetic inductions; electrical units; wires and accessories; electrical measuring instruments; bells, burglar alarms and annunciators; telegraphy; microphones and telephones; inductions coils; transformers; wireless telegraphy; radio receiving sets; an experimental "wireless" telephone; electric motors; dynamos; an electric railway; miniature lighting; miscellaneous electrical apparatus. 

You may remember having read "The Boy Electrician" when you were a kid. If not, you missed something. You get practical how-to plans and advice to build and have fun with all kinds of electrical equipment. 

You might start with a cork and needle compass, but before long you'll be building a Wimshurst machine, powerful batteries from scratch, galvanometers, voltmeters, ammeters, telegraph keys and sounders, a telephone, a high voltage induction coil, a step-down transformer, wireless telegraphy with a crystal set receiver, vacuum tube receivers including a regenerative, motors and generators, an electric train, a device to convert heat directly into electricity and even a Tesla coil! 

The whole book is heavily illustrated and a joy to read. Remember. This is written for boys. You're not going to get detailed design theory. Morgan keeps the discussion light and fun. But these are great projects. 

You get a boy's classic book. Books like these aren't published anymore. This is worth having. Lots of great experiments, ideas, and teasers to get the imagination going. 

So get off yer butt and get a copy of this. Start building. Even if you sit on the couch, suck a barrel of beer and eat a cubic yard of potato chips like I do anymore, you can still enjoy this. It's fun to read. Get a copy. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 softcover 403 pages 

No. 21648