The real thrills are really what always attracts me when performing chemical experiments at home… Modern Mechanix 1935 FOLLOWING textbook instructions in performing chemical experiments at home may be conducive to safety, but the real thrills of research come from those experiments which you work out for yourself. Certain chemicals just do not get along […]
Yesterday’s future, served up today… A Steam motorcycle, puppet opera, motorized velocipede and inside the biggest man made brain… Steam motorcycle (1936) – Link. The puppet opera (1940) – Link. Motorize your velocipede (1933) – Link. Vehicle oddities (1953) – Link. Inside the biggest man made brain (1947) – Link. This and more @ Modern […]
This title of this blurb from Popular Mechanics 1954 is “Elaborate mechanism works and works to do nothing well” – but goes on to say it’s a flying saucer detector. I wonder where it is now – Link.
Take a tour of yesterday’s future today — Horns made from tree trunks give odd musical tones – Link. Phone calls answered by machine – Link. $100 submarine – Link. Odd devices wake sleepers who scorn alarm clocks – Link. Youngster gets “Wings” at age of four – Link. Pinocchio the puppet – Link. More […]
Glass-eating chemical projects in your home laboratory from Popular Science 1938 – Etching your laboratory glassware is only one of the many possibilities offered by compounds of the active element fluorine. NOT long ago, a noted chemist told of a solvent powerful enough to dissolve nearly every known material. If the water on the earth […]
Stunting motorcyclist rides built-up motor bike on stilts. Modern Mechanix 1934 – Link. Latest in radio treasure finders. Modern Mechanix 1933 – Link. More @ Modern Mechanix – Link.
This “Hobbyhorse” from Popular Science 1936 reminds me of those new fangled springy bicycle/scooters I’ve seen advertised around, might be a good (re)make – Link.
