Popular Science 1933 – WITH its deep, mellow notes, the electric organ is fast gaining the musical limelight. As a rule, these instruments are large and costly. Yet, for the price of a new hat, you can build a duplicate of a small organ that was featured in a recent coast-to-coast radio broadcast. Complete, the […]
Here’s a creepy cool DIY Sundial for your garden, Mechanix Illustrated 1949 Link.
Boing Boing Gadgets points us to this fascinating piece from the January 1949 issue of PopSci for a consumer radio that sports color-coded components that can be easily swapped out by the user. A harbinger of the consumer electronics revolution to come. In fact, it was SO easy to repair that even “Mother Could Fix […]
Farmer grows pumpkins with human faces, Popular Science 1938 – Link. Related: Halloween @ MAKE – Link. DIY Halloween photo pool – Link. MAKE Halloween, order now! – Link.
Low tech way for docs to view an operation, Mechanix Illustrated 1948 Link.
Popular Mechanics 1924 – THE interesting little toy described in this article will, when placed in water, automatically dive and come to the surface again, repeating this performance, on an average, once a minute over a long period of time. It not only makes a very good toy for a boy but can be used […]
writes – Popular Science 1934 – OF ALL home chemistry experiments, tests with combustibles offer the most in spectacular fun and harmless excitement. For even after some 60,000 years of use, fire still holds a mysterious fascination. Although we are accustomed to kindling a fire with a match or some other small flame, a spark […]
