Books with title THE AMERICAN BOYS HANDY BOOK

This is a play-book and not a text-book of engineering a book full of fun, not fun at the expense of another, but the real fun and joy of making things. It is characteristic of the real American boy to design and fashion things with his own hands. To be sure, the creative instinct is more conspicuous in some than in others, but, be it apparent or latent, the instinct is really there in every boy and needs but the proper stimulus to bring it into active evidence. It is this stimulus that the following pages seek to furnish. Engineering is a very broad term that covers many fields of human activity. Obviously, they cannot all be treated in detail within the covers of a single volume; but the purpose of this book is to offer practical suggestions. In other words, the object is to develop the boys own ingenuity and resourcefulness. The chapters on Mechanical Engineering tell how to construct a workshop and simple foot-power machine tools. This furnishes the boy with an excellent equipment, and if he will use his faculties he will become a fair or an expert mechanic. Under the subject of Surveying directions are given for the construction of simple instruments with practical illustrations of their use. They furnish 3J he boy with the rudiments of this branch of Engineering nd are calculated to stimulate his interest further.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from The American Boys Engineering BookThis is a play-book and not a text-book of engineering a book full of fun, not fun at the expense of another, but the real fun and joy of making things.It is characteristic of the real American boy to design and fashion things with his own hands. To be sure, the creative instinct is more conspicuous in some than in others, but, be it apparent or latent, the instinct is really there in every boy and needs but the proper stimulus to bring it into active evidence. It is this stimulus that the following pages seek to furnish.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from The American Boys Engineering BookThis is a play-book and not a text-book of engineering a book full of fun, not fun at the expense of another, but the real fun and joy of making things.It is characteristic of the real American boy to design and fashion things with his own hands. To be sure, the creative instinct is more conspicuous in some than in others, but, be it apparent or latent, the instinct is really there in every boy and needs but the proper stimulus to bring it into active evidence. It is this stimulus that the following pages seek to furnish.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.