MANUAL TRAINING TOYS. FOR THE BOYS' WORKSHOP.
By Harris W. Moore.
A popular boys' book that is truly educational. It is a
collection of forty-two projects overflowing with "boy"
interest and new in the manual training shop. Full-page
working drawings show each project in detail and the text
gives instructions for making, together with information on
tools and tool processes.
KITECRAFT AND KITE TOURNAMENTS. By Charles M. Miller.
An authoritative and comprehensive treatment of kitecraft. The
book deals with the construction and flying of all kinds of
kites, and the making and using of kite accessories. Also
aeroplanes, gliders, propellers, motors, etc. Four chapters
are devoted to presenting a detailed description of kite
flying tournaments. Abundantly illustrated and attractively
bound.
THE CONSTRUCTION AND FLYING OF KITES.
By Charles M. Miller.
This contains seven full-page plates of drawings of kites,
and fifteen figures--over forty kites shown. Details of
construction given; a kite tournament is described. Full of
interesting suggestions.
COPING SAW WORK. By Ben W. Johnson.
Contains working drawings and suggestions for teaching a
course of work in thin wood that is full of fun for the
children, and affords ample means for training in form study,
construction, invention and careful work. Has been called
"applied mechanics for the fourth grade."
SELECTED SHOP PROBLEMS. By George A. Seaton.
A collection of sixteen problems in woodworking made to meet
the needs of busy teachers of manual training. Each problem
has been put to the test and has proven satisfactory to the
teacher who designed it and to the pupil who made it.
MANUAL TRAINING MAGAZINE.
A magazine of "quality." The professional journal of the
teachers of manual, vocational and industrial education. It
publishes practical articles on the ways and means of "doing
things." It discusses vital problems in teaching the manual
arts and presents the best current thought on the development
of manual training and vocational education. To the
inexperienced teacher, it is valuable in solving numerous
problems, and to the experienced teacher, it is a means of
keeping abreast of the times. It is ably edited, attractively
printed, and well illustrated with photographs and drawings
made especially for its pages. Published monthly. $1.50 a
year; Canada, $1.80; Foreign, $2.00.
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Manual Arts Press :: Peoria, Illinois
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