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Fig. 1. | The Paper Pinwheel is the Simplest Pinwheel to Make. | 1 |
Fig. 2. | Diagram for Paper Pinwheel. | 2 |
Fig. 3. | How the Paper Pinwheel is Folded. | 2 |
Fig. 4. | A Pinion-wheel Windmill. | 3 |
Fig. 5. | Diagram for Pinion-wheel Windmill. | 3 |
Fig. 6. | A Four-blade Windmill. | 4 |
Fig. 7. | Hub. | 4 |
Fig. 8. | How to Slot End of Shaft for Tail. | 4 |
Fig. 9. | An Eight-blade Windmill. | 5 |
Fig. 10. | Spool Hub. | 6 |
Fig. 11. | Blades. | 6 |
Fig. 12. | Shaft. | 6 |
Fig. 13. | Tail. | 6 |
Fig. 14. | How the Windmill may be Rigged up to Operate a Toy Jumping-Jack. | 7 |
Fig. 15. | How the Jumping-Jack is Supported. | 8 |
Fig. 16. | Spool Hub. | 8 |
Fig. 17. | A Malay Tailless Kite. | 9 |
Fig. 18. | Completed Malay Kite with Belly-band Attached. | 10 |
Fig. 19. | Framework of Malay Kite. | 11 |
Fig. 20. | Detail of Vertical Stick. | 12 |
Fig. 21. | Detail of Bow-stick. | 12 |
Fig. 22. | Detail of End of Bow-stick. | 12 |
Fig. 23. | Raising the Box-kite. | 13 |
Fig. 24. | The Box-kite. | 14 |
Fig. 25. | Make Two Side Frames like this. | 14 |
Fig. 26. | Cross-section of the Box-kite. | 15 |
Fig. 27. | Detail of Diagonal Braces. | 16 |
Fig. 28. | A Good Hand Kite-reel. | 17 |
Figs. 29 and 30. | Details of Hand Kite-reel. | 18 |
Fig. 31. | A Body Kite-reel. | 19 |
Fig. 32. | Detail of Axle Support. | 19 |
Fig. 33. | Detail of Cran. | 19 |
Fig. 34. | Launching a Model Aeroplane. | 22 |
Fig. 35. | Plan. | 23 |
Fig. 36. | Side Elevation (without Rubber Motor). | 23 |
Fig. 37. | Detail of Fuselage and Motor of the Wells Model. | 24 |
Fig. 38. | Detail of Thrust Bearing, Propeller-shaft, and Connections. | 24 |
Fig. 39. | Detail of Bow Hook and how Rubber Motor is Connected to it. | 24 |
Fig. 40. | Detail of the Main Plane Framework of the Wells Model. | 26 |
Fig. 41. | Detail of the Elevator Framework. | 26 |
Fig. 42. | Detail of Fin. | 26 |
Fig. 43. | The Wells Model Propeller. | 27 |
Fig. 44. | How to Prepare a 9-inch Propeller. | 27 |
Fig. 45. | A Home-made Motor Winder. | 30 |
Fig. 46. | The Kind of Egg-beater to Use. | 30 |
Fig. 47. | How the Motors are Connected to Winder for Winding. | 30 |
Fig. 48. | Launching the Toy Motor-boat. | 34 |
Fig. 49. | The Completed Motor-boat. | 33 |
Fig. 50. | Stern, with Motor in Place. | 33 |
Fig. 51. | Diagram of Hull. | 34 |
Figs. 52 and 53. | How the Hull, Sides, Stern and Deck Pieces are Assembled. | 34 |
Fig. 54. | Longitudinal Section of Assembled Motor-boat. | 36 |
Figs. 55–59. | Details of Propeller. | 36 |
Fig. 60. | Rubber-band Motor. | 36 |
Fig. 61. | A Varnish-can Water-motor in Operation. | 38 |
Fig. 62. | The Completed Varnish-can Water-motor. | 39 |
Figs. 63 and 64. | Sections through Water-motor Case. | 40 |
Fig. 65. | The Completed Water-motor Wheel. | 41 |
Figs. 66 and 67. | 66 and 67. Details of Water-motor Wheel. | 41 |
Figs. 68–69. | How to Make a Water-tight Connection between Faucet and Water-motor. | 42 |
Fig. 70. | A Small Water-motor that can be Operated in a Wash-Basin. | 43 |
Fig. 71. | The Water-motor Wheel. | 43 |
Figs. 72 and 73. | Details of Water-motor Wheel. | 44 |
Fig. 74. | Support for Water-motor Wheel. | 45 |
Fig. 75. | Upright. | 47 |
Fig. 76. | The Toy Railway in Operation. | 48 |
Fig. 77. | Support for Trolley-line. | 48 |
Fig. 78. | The Tracks. | 50 |
Fig. 79. | A Top View of Car Truck. | 50 |
Fig. 80. | Spool Wheels. | 51 |
Fig. 81. | The Completed Car Truck. | 51 |
Fig. 82. | | 51 |
Fig. 83. | A Gondola Car. | 52 |
Fig. 84. | Side View. | 53 |
Fig. 85. | End View. | 53 |
Figs. 86–94. | Details of Toy Street Car. | 55 |
Fig. 95. | The Railway Depot. | 57 |
Fig. 96. | A Toy Office Building with Elevator. | 60 |
Fig. 97. | Section through Elevator Shaft. | 62 |
Fig. 98. | Floors. | 63 |
Fig. 99. | Partitions. | 63 |
Fig. 100. | Front View of Elevator Shaft. | 64 |
Fig. 101 and 102. | Elevator Car Details. | 64 |
Fig. 103. | Detail of Brake and Controlling Levers. | 65 |
Fig. 104. | An Outdoor Elevator. | 66 |
Fig. 105. | Supports for Elevator Guides and Cables. | 67 |
Fig. 106. | Elevator Car. | 69 |
Fig. 107. | Counter-balance. | 69 |
Fig. 108. | The Buzz-saw whizzes when you twist the Cord. | 72 |
Fig. 109. | The Eccentric Clog-dancer is a Circus in himself. | 72 |
Fig. 110. | Pull the string and Jack jumps comically. | 72 |
Fig. 111. | Detail of Buzz-saw Whirligig shown in Fig. 108. | 72 |
Fig. 112. | Details of Body of the Clog-dancer shown in Fig. 109. | 73 |
Fig. 113. | Details of Body of the Jumping-Jack shown in Fig. 110. | 74 |
Fig. 114. | Whirling the Cricket-rattle makes it chirp. | 76 |
Fig. 115. | The Crawling Turtle's shell Is a Jelly Mould. | 76 |
Fig. 116. | Details of the Noisy Cricket-rattle shown Fig. 114. | 76 |
Fig. 17. | How Head, Feet, and Tail are Attached to a Jelly Mould to Make the Turtle shown in Fig. 115. | 77 |
Fig. 118. | The Spool Wheels and the Rubber-bands which Propel them. | 77 |
Figs. 119 and 120. | Clock Wheel Tops. | 80 |
Fig. 121. | Upholstering Tack Top. | 80 |
Fig. 122. | How to Hold Upholstering Tack for Spinning. | 80 |
Figs. 123 and 124. | Details of Spool Top. | 80 |
Fig. 125. | A Shoe-polish Can Top. | 81 |
Figs. 126–128. | Details of Shoe-polish Can Top. | 82 |
Fig. 129. | A Spinning Top Race-track. | 83 |
Fig. 130. | A Spiral Top. | 84 |
Fig. 131. | Diagram of Spiral for Spiral Top. | 84 |
Fig. 132. | A Merry-go-round Top. | 85 |
Fig. 133. | Detail of Merry-go-round Top. | 86 |
Fig. 134. | How Horses are Mounted upon Top Platform. | 86 |
Fig. 135. | A Merry-go-round. | 90 |
Fig. 136. | A Clockwork Motor. | 90 |
Fig. 137. | A Ferris Wheel. | 90 |
Fig. 138. | The "Flying Airships." | 90 |
Fig. 139. | How the Clockwork Motor is Fastened to the Cigar-box Cover. (This Box has been cut down to the Proper Length for the Ferris Wheel.) | 89 |
Fig. 140. | Plan of Top of Standard for Merry-go-round. | 91 |
Fig. 141. | Pattern for Tent of Merry-go-round. | 91 |
Fig. 142. | The Tent ready to be Fastened upon a Tent-pole. | 91 |
Fig. 143. | Full-size Pattern for the Horses of the Merry-go-round. | 92 |
Fig. 144. | Pattern for the Merry-go-round Sleighs. | 93 |
Fig. 145. | A Completed Sleigh showing Attachment to Shaft. | 94 |
Fig. 146. | Full-size Pattern for the Girl Riders. | 95 |
Fig. 147. | Full-size Pattern for the Boy Riders. | 95 |
Fig. 148. | How the Second Leg of the Boy is Attached. | 95 |
Fig. 149. | Standard for the Ferris Wheel. | 97 |
Fig. 150. | Make Two Supports like this for the Ferris Wheel Standard. | 98 |
Figs. 151 and 152. | How a Spool is Fastened to the Top of the Support for a Hub. | 98 |
Fig. 153. | How to Lay out the Cardboard Rims of the Ferris Wheel. | 99 |
Fig. 154. | The Spokes Fitted into the Spool Hub. | 99 |
Fig. 155. | The Rim Slipped into the End of the Spokes. | 99 |
Fig. 156. | A Spool Hub for the Wheel. | 99 |
Fig. 157. | How the Spokes, Rims, and Axles are Fastened Together. | 99 |
Fig.158. | Pattern for the Ferris Wheel Cars. | 100 |
Fig.159. | A Completed Car for the Ferris Wheel. | 101 |
Fig.160. | The Car Completed. | 104 |
Fig.161. | The Framework. | 104 |
Fig.162. | Top View of Wooden Frame. | 105 |
Figs. 163–170. | Patterns for the Automobile Touring-car. | 108 |
Fig. 171. | Chauffeur. | 109 |
Fig. 172. | Cardboard Side of Automobile. | 109 |
Fig. 173. | The Hood. | 110 |
Fig. 174. | The Steering-wheel. | 111 |
Fig. 175. | An Automobile Delivery Wagon. | 111 |
Fig. 176. | An Electro-magnet Derrick. | 118 |
Figs. 177–179. | The Electro-magnet. | 119 |
Fig. 180. | How the Electro-magnet is Connected up. | 120 |
Fig. 181. | A Home-made Switch. | 121 |
Fig. 182. | Details of Switch. | 121 |
Fig. 183. | Detail of Mast. | 122 |
Fig. 184. | Detail of Pulley. | 122 |
Fig. 185. | Detail of Boom. | 122 |
Fig. 186. | Detail of Derrick Windlass. | 123 |
Fig. 187. | Detail of the Toy Shocking Machine. | 125 |
Figs. 188–191. | Details of Induction-coil. | 126 |
Figs. 192 and 193. | Details of Shocking-coil Handles. | 129 |
Fig. 194. | Interrupter for Shocking-coil. | 129 |
Figs. 195–198. | Details of Interrupter. | 131 |
Fig. 199. | A Toy Electric Motor Truck. | 132 |
Fig. 200. | Top view of Electric Motor Truck. | 133 |
Figs. 201–203. | Details of Axle and Belt Shaft. | 134 |
Fig. 204. | Two Home-made Battery Cells Connected in Series. | 135 |
Fig. 205. | A Single Cell. | 136 |
Figs. 206 and 207. | Details of Zinc and Carbon. | 136 |
Fig. 208. | Plan of Motor Truck Bottom. | 137 |
Fig. 209. | Section through Bottom. | 137 |
Fig. 210. | Details of Seat and Canopy-top. | 138 |
Fig. 211. | Pattern of Canopy-top. | 139 |
Fig. 212. | The Completed Toy Shooting Gallery. | 140 |
Fig. 213. | The Box Framework. | 141 |
Figs. 214–215. | Details of Targets. | 142 |
Fig. 216. | The Card-shooting Pistol. | 143 |
Figs. 217–219. | Detail of Card-shooting Pistol. | 144 |
Fig. 220. | The Home-made Doll-house. | 146 |
Fig. 221. | Interior View of Doll-house. | 146 |
Figs. 222–226. | Plans of Doll-house and Patterns for Partitions. | 147 |
Fig. 227. | The Chimney. | 148 |
Fig. 228. | Front View of Elevator-shaft and Stairs. | 149 |
Figs. 229–232. | Details of the Elevator. | 149 |
Fig. 233. | The Front Gable-end. | 152 |
Figs. 234–237. | Details of Stairs. | 153 |
Fig. 238. | Exterior of Stable. | 160 |
Fig. 239. | Interior of Stable. | 161 |
Fig. 240. | Front Gable-end. | 162 |
Fig. 241. | Stall Partitions. | 162 |
Fig. 242. | Ladder to Hay-loft. | 163 |
Fig. 243. | The Most Stylish Apartments in Doll Town. | 166 |
Fig. 244. | How the Three Stories are Arranged Side by Side to form a Six-room Apartment. | 166 |
Fig. 245. | Plan of the Six-room Doll Apartment. | 166 |
Fig. 246. | The First Story Unit and Diagram of Partitions. | 167 |
Fig. 247. | The Second Story Unit and Diagram of Partitions. | 167 |
Fig. 248. | The Third Story Unit and Diagram of Partitions. | 167 |
Fig. 249. | In Cutting the Opening for the Bay Windows, leave a Narrow Strip over the Opening, as above, for a "Beam." | 168 |
Figs. 250 and 251. | How the Removable Roof is Constructed. | 169 |
Fig. 252. | How the Chimney and Chimney Cap are Made. | 169 |
Fig. 253. | The Living-room Mantel. | 171 |
Fig. 254. | Details of Mantel. | 171 |
Figs. 255–258. | Two Lighting Fixtures and how to Make Them. | 172 |
Figs. 259–266. | Patterns for Furniture. | 177 |
Fig. 267. | Chairs. | 178 |
Fig. 268. | Chairs. | 178 |
Fig. 269. | A Settee. | 179 |
Fig. 270. | A Table. | 179 |
Fig. 271. | Another Design. | 180 |
Fig. 272. | A Side-board. | 181 |
Fig. 273. | A Mirror. | 182 |
Fig. 274. | A Grandfather's Clock. | 183 |
Fig. 275. | A Bed. | 184 |
Fig. 276. | Another Design. | 184 |
Fig. 277. | A Dresser. | 185 |
Fig. 278. | A Wash-Stand. | 186 |
Fig. 279. | A Doll's Folding-bed. | 187 |
Fig. 280. | Folding-bed (open). | 188 |
Fig. 281. | Foot. | 188 |
Fig. 282. | Dresser Completed. | 189 |
Fig. 283. | A Doll's Dresser. | 189 |
Fig. 284. | An Express-wagon. | 192 |
Fig. 285. | A Cart. | 192 |
Fig. 286. | Cross-section of the Express-wagon. | 192 |
Figs. 287 and 288. | An Auto Delivery-wagon Built of Cigar-boxes. | frontispiece |
Fig. 289. | A Jack-in-the-box. | 194 |
Fig. 290. | The Skeleton of the Jack-in-the-box. | 194 |
Fig. 291. | A Round-seated Chair. | 194 |
Fig. 292. | A Round Center-table. | 194 |
Fig. 293. | A Dining-table. | 194 |
Fig. 294. | A Square-seated Chair. | 194 |
Fig. 295. | A Doll's Cradle. | 194 |
Fig. 296. | Pedestal of Center-table. | 194 |
Fig. 297. | Leg of Dining-table. | 194 |
Fig. 298. | Pattern for Cradle Rockers. | 195 |
Fig. 299. | Doll Carriage. | 196 |
Fig. 300–302. | Details of Doll Carriage. | 197 |
Fig. 303. | Baby Carriage Hood. | 198 |
Fig. 304. | Diagram of Hood. | 198 |
Fig. 305. | Carriage Handles. | 198 |
Fig. 306. | The Two-wheel Cart. | 199 |
Figs. 307–309. | Details of Cart. | 199 |
Fig. 310. | Merry-go-round. | 200 |
Fig. 311. | Teeter. | 200 |
Fig. 312. | Cardboard Strip for Merry-go-round and Teeter. | 200 |
Fig. 313. | Boy and Girl Riders for Merry-go-round and Teeter. | 200 |
Fig. 314. | Doll Swing. | 201 |
Fig. 315. | Detail of Swing. | 201 |
Figs. 316 and 317. | Details of Swing Seat. | 202 |
Fig. 318. | Sofa. | 202 |
Figs. 319–321. | Details of Sofa. | 203 |
Fig. 322. | Chair. | 203 |
Fig. 323. | Square Center-table. | 203 |
Fig. 324. | Round Center-table. | 203 |
Fig. 325. | The Home-made Mail-box Strapped to the Face of a Door. | 206 |
Fig. 326. | The Home-made Mail-box Strapped to a Chair Back. | 206 |
Fig. 327. | Diagram for Making Sides, Ends, and Bottom of Mail-box. | 206 |
Fig. 328. | Diagram for Making Top. | 206 |
Fig. 329. | Diagram for Making End Pieces of Letter-drop. | 206 |
Fig. 330. | Diagram for Making Front Piece of Letter-drop. | 206 |
Fig. 331. | The Sides, Ends, and Bottom folded ready to be put Together. | 207 |
Fig. 332. | Top, showing how Portion is Bent up for Back of Letter-drop. | 207 |
Fig. 333. | Ends of Letter-drop. | 207 |
Fig. 334. | Front of Letter-drop. | 207 |
Fig. 335. | Top, with Letter-drop Completed. | 207 |
Fig. 336. | Diagram for Making Collection-drop. | 208 |
Fig. 337. | How the Collection-drop is Folded. | 208 |
Fig. 338. | The Collection-drop Hinged in Place. | 208 |
Fig. 339. | The Complete Reflectoscope. | 210 |
Fig. 340. | Detail of Ventilator Top. | 210 |
Fig. 341. | Plan of Reflectoscope. | 211 |
Fig. 342. | Cross-section of Reflectoscope. | 211 |
Figs. 343 and 344. | Details of Lens Mounting. | 213 |
Fig. 345. | View of Back of Reflectoscope. | 213 |
Fig. 346. | Detail of Post Card Holder. | 213 |