How to Build a Roll Top Desk
How to Build a Roll Top Desk The Desk Complete The materials for this roll top desk can be purchased from a mill dressed and sandpapered so the hardest part of the work will be finished. The wood must be…
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How to make a piano bench
How to make a piano bench - Excerpt from the book: Mission Furniture - HOW TO MAKE IT - PART I POPULAR MECHANICS HANDBOOKS CHICAGO, Printed 1909
Wooden Waste-Paper Basket – HOW TO MAKE IT
A MISSION WASTE-PAPER BASKET Excerpt from the book:Mission Furniture – HOW TO MAKE IT – PART IPOPULAR MECHANICS HANDBOOKS CHICAGO,Printed 1909 Waste-Paper Basket to Match Library Table The basket shown in the accompanying sketch is designed to be used with…
STYLES OF CHAIRS – THE 40 STYLES OF CHAIRS (embracing the period from 3000 B.C. to 1900 A.D.)
STYLES OF CHAIRS – THE 40 STYLES OF CHAIRS (embracing the period from 3000 B.C. to 1900 A.D.) Excerpt from the book:Mission Furniture – HOW TO MAKE IT – PART IPOPULAR MECHANICS HANDBOOKS CHICAGO,Printed 1909 There are 40 distinct styles…
Chicken House Plans – Building A Chicken House
Excerpt from the book:Things To Makeby Archibald WilliamsPublished – 1918 This chapter should be of interest to the keeper of poultry on a small scale, for even if the instructions given are not followed out quite as they stand, they…
How to Build a Ladder – Home Projects
The preparation and putting together of the parts of a ladder having round, tapered rungs let into holes in the two sides is beyond the capacity of the average young amateur; but little skill is needed to manufacture a very…
History of Calendar and What is the Gregorian Calendar?
The ancient Egyptians were the first to accurately measure the length of the year. They knew that the best time for sowing is immediately after the Nile...
How does a light bulb work – for kids?
How does a light bulb work – for kids? Have you ever looked closely at an ordinary electric light bulb? Hold it carefully while you do so. Inside, you may see wire “legs” holding up a thinner wire arranged in…
Measuring Amps – What is Measured in Amps?
Most electrical appliances have wires attached to them.The wires carry an electric current around a complete pathway called an electric circuit.Some appliances need more electric current than others before they will work.The amount of electric current depends on how much…
Tallying and Tally Marks – What is Tallying?
Can you imagine a time when people did not use numbers?The first people on earth lived by hunting wild animals and collecting wild fruit and nuts.They had no need to count.Numbers did not matter to them.But then, about 11,000 years…