The "How-To-Do-It" Books

Practical Mechanics for Boys is the first of a series of three "How-To-Do-It" books (other titles are Carpentry for Boys and Electricity for Boys).this book takes the beginner through a comprehensive series of practical shop work, in which the uses of tools, and the structure and handling of shop machinery are set forth: how they are utilized to perform the work, and the manner in which all dimensional work is carried out. Every subject is illustrated, and model building explained. It contains a glossary which comprises a new system of cross references, a feature that will prove a welcome departure in explaining subjects. Fully illustrated.