What would be the effect upon me if gravity were removed, and removed it would be at a point some thousands of miles away from the moon?… This is certain: as I approach the moon I will have the sensation of falling headlong through space – a terrifying sensation, which it might be impossible to [...]
As boys throw stones from slingshots whirled around their heads, so a rotating catapult just patented will enable aircraft to take off from restricted areas, like the roofs of buildings. To a vertical pole that rotates at high speed is attached a long lever. This is pivoted to the pole at its top, while a [...]
Standing pertly on round bases, with a mallet hanging from one hand and a dinner gong from the other, these gay little figures will add a touch of color to your table. If desired, they can be mounted on large, square bases and used in restaurants and tea rooms to hold napkins and menus as [...]
Motorcyclists will appreciate a handy and inexpensive map holder which can be fastened to the handlebars of the machines, and is always in plain view. The road map is folded to show the route to be traveled and then inserted in the holder, which has a transparent celluloid cover. The rider thus has the map [...]
There is no longer any need to pity the “poor fish” because today there are fish with calling cards, fish doctors, surgeons, and dietitians, water-conditioned buses for fish, trout engineers and architects, fish elevators, modern rest rooms or pools for trout and home-coming days for wandering salmon. There are a few of the piscatorial wonders [...]
It is quite difficult to mow the grass on steeply slanting terraces, and for this work an extension handle for the lawn mower will be found a great help. Two pieces of hardwood of about the same dimensions as the mower handle are fastened to the latter with bolts, as shown. A handle is fastened [...]
In an effort to excel in their chosen profession, performers are constantly devising new ways of showing their skill or strength. As an example of this nature, a circus performer of Berlin makes himself the center support of a merry-go-round on which eight full-grown men ride. The strong man lies on his back on a [...]
Terminating at the edge of the pool, a radio megaphone has been constructed at a California bathing resort, that, for size, eclipses anything of the kind that has been built, up to date. The opening of the megaphone is rectangular, and is so large that it can be used as a diving platform by at [...]
If you love a man so badly that it hurts, and you know you’re only a counterfeit like me, should you take what the gods offer, or should you leave him for some other girl who could give him children with real blood instead of the counterfeit thing? That was Peggy’s problem. Image credit/Copy credit.
A simple but effective apparatus for drying the hair with a blast of warm air, or for other purposes where a supply of heated air may be required, is easily made from an electric toaster and a vacuum cleaner. A wooden box, large enough to contain the toaster, is lined with sheet asbestos, sodium silicate [...]
The automobile owner who cleans his own car and who, after hours of backbreaking effort and at the expense of bruised knuckles, has removed all the mud from the running fear only to find the paint underneath caked and chipped, will welcome a novel aid in the auto-washing job. This consists of a shallow concrete [...]
Combining electricity with an alarm clock as a means of rousing himself from sleep, was the idea of an Argentine workman in Buenos Aires. The clock, alone, failing to awaken the heavy sleeper, he had conceived the plan of connecting the electric-light circuit to his wrists, with wires. Then, when the predetermined time arrived, the [...]
In 1859, nearly a decade after the California Gold Rush, gold was discovered at Pike’s Peak in what is now Colorado. Argonauts, or gold miners, were willing to head almost anywhere for precious metals. Since Pike’s Peak was fairly accessible and railroads were available to hasten the journey west, a great variety of people, including [...]
Employing an automobile for sleeping purposes is possible with a machine now found on the English market. The car, a small runabout or roadster model, has a removable seat and back. These are so arranged that the occupant lies in a comfortable position, his head near the dashboard and feet extending to the rear of [...]
Shooting pennies from a pistol, at targets in which are holes for bull’s-eyes, is the principle of a vending machine manufactured by a Wisconsin novelty company. A penny is inserted in the spring gun, careful aim taken, and with the pulling of the trigger, the penny is shot at the target. When a bull’s-eye is [...]
Much more thrilling and nearer to flying itself than the sensation obtained from riding in an ordinary rope swing is the experience of sailing through an arc in a dummy airplane that is proof against side-slipping, tailspins, and similar mishaps. An airplane swing can easily be assembled, and will furnish endless amusement for the children. [...]
