The Study of Elementary Electricity and Magnetism by Experiment: Containing Two Hundred Experiments Performed with Simple, Home-made ApparatusSt. John, Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew)
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The Study of Elementary Electricity and Magnetism by Experiment: Containing Two Hundred Experiments Performed with Simple, Home-made Apparatus
"The book reads like a story."--"An appropriate present for a
boy or girl."--"Intelligent parents will appreciate 'Fun With
Electricity.'"--"Very complete, because it contains both book and
apparatus."--"There is no end to the fun which a boy or girl can have
with this fascinating amusement."
=THERE IS FUN IN THESE EXPERIMENTS.=--Chain Lightning.--An Electric
Whirligig.--The Baby Thunderstorm.--A Race with Electricity.--An
Electric Frog Pond.--An Electric Ding-Dong.--The Magic
Finger.--Daddy Long-Legs.--Jumping Sally.--An Electric Kite.--Very
Shocking.--Condensed Lightning.--An Electric Fly-Trap.--The Merry
Pendulum.--An Electric Ferry-Boat.--A Funny Piece of Paper.--A Joke on
the Family Cat.--Electricity Plays Leap-Frog.--Lightning Goes Over a
Bridge.--Electricity Carries a Lantern.--And _=40 Others=_.
The _=OUTFIT=_ contains 20 different articles. The _=BOOK OF
INSTRUCTION=_ measures 5 × 7-1/2 inches, and has 38 illustrations, 55
pages, good paper and clear type.
_The Book and Complete Outfit will be sent, by mail or express, Charges
Prepaid, upon receipt of 65 Cents, by_
THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 407 W. 51st St., New York.
Fun With Puzzles.
BOOK, KEY, AND COMPLETE OUTFIT FOR FOUR HUNDRED PUZZLES....
The BOOK measures 5 × 7-1/2 inches. It is well printed, nicely bound,
and contains 15 chapters, 80 pages, and 128 illustrations. The KEY is
illustrated. It is bound with the book, and contains the solution of
every puzzle. The COMPLETE OUTFIT is placed in a neat box with the
book. It consists of numbers, counters, figures, pictures, etc., for
doing the puzzles.
=CONTENTS=: _Chapter_ (1) Secret Writing. (2) Magic Triangles, Squares,
Rectangles, Hexagons, Crosses, Circles, etc. (3) Dropped Letter and
Dropped Word Puzzles. (4) Mixed Proverbs, Prose and Rhyme. (5) Word
Diamonds, Squares, Triangles, and Rhomboids. (6) Numerical Enigmas. (7)
Jumbled Writing and Magic Proverbs. (8) Dissected Puzzles. (9) Hidden
and Concealed Words. (10) Divided Cakes, Pies, Gardens, Farms, etc.
(11) Bicycle and Boat Puzzles. (12) Various Word and Letter Puzzles.
(13) Puzzles with Counters. (14) Combination Puzzles. (15) Mazes and
Labyrinths.
"Fun With Puzzles" is a book that every boy and girl should have. It
is amusing, instructive,--educational. It is just the thing to wake up
boys and girls and make them think. They like it, because it is real
fun. This sort of educational play should be given in every school-room
and in every home.
"Fun With Puzzles" will puzzle your friends, as well as yourself; it
contains some real brain-splitters. Over 300 new and original puzzles
are given, besides many that are hundreds of years old.
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