Projects for the Young Mechanic: Over 250 Classic Instructions & Plans

by Popular Mechanics Magazine

Book Overview

From creating artificial pearls to building a steam boiler, these vintage projects for indoors and outdoors offer a tremendous range of possibilities. Over 250 classic plans and instructions explain how to make model airplanes, greeting cards, a motion-picture camera, a radiophone, a cipher code, motor-driven sleds, and other projects. Drawn from the best of Popular Mechanics magazines from the 1910s and '20s, they combine the excitement and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 048649117X
• ISBN13: 9780486491172
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7