Sun-melted sand for roads
Fun idea from Modern Mechanix 1933 – Link.
Modern Mechanix
Periscope house
Maybe a good (re)make? – YOU walk across the green-lawned, palm-hemmed park overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica, California, and climb the stairs to the little house in the picture above. Your party gathers around a circular rail in the center, the door is closed and at first all is darkness. Then, slowly and […]
Crime-Detection tests for the home chemist
DIY CSI – Link.
Three wheel skates
This look like a lot of fun and could be a good (re)make – Link.
The Amateur Electrician: Build a telephone
The Amateur Electrician: Build a telephone using a “Ford Spark coil” Modern Mechanix 1930 – Link.
Raise your own silk
It’s never too late — “Here’s an easy, profitable, spare time job for several million Americans that can make the U. S. world’s largest silk producer.” – Link.
See through window raincoat
Stylish and functional (might be fun to make a laptop version) Popular Science 1936 – To facilitate taking notes in the rain, a German newspaper reporter has equipped his raincoat with a window of transparent material. By holding his pencil and notebook in front of him, directly under the improvised window, he is able to […]
