THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY OF WORK AND PLAY.
Mechanics, Indoors and Out
THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY
OF WORK AND PLAY
| Carpentry and Woodwork |
| By Edwin W. Foster |
| Electricity and Its Everyday Uses |
| By John F. Woodhull, Ph.D. |
| Gardening and Farming |
| By Ellen Eddy Shaw |
| Home Decoration |
| By Charles Franklin Warner, Sc.D. |
| Housekeeping |
| By Elizabeth Hale Gilman |
| Mechanics, Indoors and Out |
| By Fred T. Hodgson |
| Needlecraft |
| By Effie Archer Archer |
| Outdoor Sports, and Games |
| By Claude H. Miller, Ph.B. |
| Outdoor Work |
| By Mary Rogers Miller |
| Working in Metals |
| By Charles Conrad Sleffel |
Photograph by Underwood & Underwood
A Motor Boat Model
"In the making of little models of this kind, you will encounter manythings that will tax your skill and ingenuity, as amateur workmen."
"In the making of little models of this kind, you will encounter manythings that will tax your skill and ingenuity, as amateur workmen."
MECHANICS, INDOORS
AND OUT
BY FRED T. HODGSON
Garden City New York
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1911
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATIONINTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN
COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The publishers wish to acknowledge their indebtednessto the Horace Mann School for theircourtesy in permitting certain of the photographsto be taken for this volume.
CONTENTS
PART I
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | A Pathway of Cement Purchasing property, River Passaic—Removing rocksand other obstacles—Preparing for cement sidewalk—Diggingtrench and purchasing materials—Making, laying,and properly placing concrete—The lever and roller andapplication—Moving heavy bodies with lever and roller—Finishingthe cement sidewalk—How to make good concretewalks. | 3 |
| II. | Building of a Boat House Qualities of the inclined plane—Dismantling an oldbarn and ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |