Popular Mechanics Company: 2 books

The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 by Popular Mechanics Company.Many projects are of contemporary interest—magic, kites and boomerangs for example. Try a "Querl" for starters.There are many projects of purely historical interest, such as chemical photography, phonographs, and devices for coal furnaces.

How to construct wireless outfits, boats, camp equipment, aerial gliders, kites, self-propelled vehicles engines, motors, electrical apparatus, cameras and hundreds of other things which delight every boy.