Children -- Books and reading; Children's literature -- Bibliography
Tells about radium, flying machines, electric furnaces, etc. 14 to 18.
BOY’S WORKSHOP, THE. By Harry Cragin.
Shows how to make various useful things. 14 to 16.
CARPENTRY FOR BOYS. By George B. Kilbon.
Elementary woodwork. 12 to 16.
THE CHEMICAL HISTORY OF A CANDLE. By Michael Faraday.
Taking the candle as his text, the author illustrates important laws in
physics and chemistry in an easily understood manner. 14 to 16.
CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE STARS, THE. By Edith G. Mitton.
A clear, easy, and interesting account of the stars. 11 to 14.
ELECTRICITY FOR EVERYBODY. By Philip Atkinson.
Gives clearly, and in non-scientific manner, the information regarding
the nature and uses of electricity. 14 to 18.
FIELD AND FOREST HANDY BOOK, THE. By Daniel C. Beard.
Sports and ideas for each season, telling how to build a boat, how to
make aquariums, rafts, and sleds, how to camp in your backyard, etc. 12
to 16.
FIRST YEARS IN HANDICRAFT. By Walter J. Kenyon.
Shows how to construct useful things out of paper and cardboard. 10 to
14.
HARPER’S ELECTRICITY BOOK FOR BOYS. By Joseph H. Adams.
Gives directions for manufacturing ordinary electrical appliances with
home-made apparatus. 14 to 18.
HARPER’S INDOOR BOOK FOR BOYS. By Joseph H. Adams.
Contains carpentry, wood-working, metal and wire work, relief-stitching,
book-binding, etc. 12 to 18.
HARPER’S HANDY BOOK FOR GIRLS. Edited by Anna Parmly Paret.
The first part shows what can be done in the home, the second part deals
with arts and crafts, and the third part with needle and fancy work. 12
to 18.
HARPER’S OUTDOOR BOOK FOR BOYS. Edited by Joseph H. Adams.
A practical guide for making useful things for the boy with a mechanical
turn of mind. 12 to 18.
HISTORIC INVENTIONS. By Rupert S. Holland.
Contains accounts of the Printing Press, the Telescope, the Steam
Engine, the Locomotive, the Steamboat, the Spinning Jenny, the Safety
Lamp, the Cotton Gin, Porcelain, the Telegraph, the Telephone, the
Electric Light, the Submarine Boat, the Wireless Telegraph, and the
Airship. 12 to 18.
HOW IT FLIES. By Richard Ferris.
The story of man’s endeavors to fly and of the inventions by which he
has succeeded. The book gives the reader a good idea of the different
types of aeroplanes, of how they are constructed, and how operated. 14
to 18.
HOW IT IS DONE; OR, VICTORIES OF THE ENGINEER. By Archibald Williams.
Describes in an easily understood manner how great engineering
achievements in all parts of the world have been accomplished. 14 to 18.
HOW IT IS MADE. By Archibald Williams.
Tells in simple language how various machines and many articles in
common use are manufactured from the raw materials. 14 to 18.
HOW IT WORKS. By Archibald Williams.
Deals with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, etc., and
with their application to apparatus in common use. 14 to 18.
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