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THE BOY MECHANIC
BOOK 2
FOUR-PASSENGER COASTING BOBSLED See Page 24
The
Boy Mechanic
BOOK 2
1000 THINGS FOR BOYS TO DO
HOW TO CONSTRUCT
DEVICES FOR WINTER SPORTS, MOTION-PICTURE CAMERA, INDOOR
GAMES, REED FURNITURE, ELECTRICAL NOVELTIES,
BOATS, FISHING RODS, CAMPS AND CAMP
APPLIANCES, KITES AND GLIDERS,
PUSHMOBILES, ROLLER
COASTER, FERRIS
WHEEL
AND
HUNDREDS OF OTHER THINGS WHICH DELIGHT EVERY BOY
WITH 995 ILLUSTRATIONS
COPYRIGHTED, 1915, BY H. H. WINDSOR
CHICAGO
POPULAR MECHANICS CO.
PUBLISHERS
After the First Station has been Selected,It is Marked by a Pile ofStones, a Stake, or, If Precise Work is to be Done, a Tack inthe Top of a Stake. The Table is Then Set Up over This Station Pointand Leveled So That the Surface of the Paper will Be Truly Horizontal(Inset: UNCLE JOHN'S FARMScale 1/16" = 1'Jimmy Smith—Surveyor)
The Boy Surveyor