The virtual typewriter museum
The Virtual Typewriter Museum collection is an online version of a 200 page book that details decades of typewriters. My favorite is the Hansen writing ball from 1870 – [via] Link.
Retro
Mechanical ride thumber speeds hitch-hikers across country
Ah, back in the good ole days, when all you needed to get across the country was a map and a mechanical thumb. From Popular Science 1938 – Link.
Propeller driven bicycle
Propeller driven bicycle, Popular Science 1936 and surely coming soon to a Critical Mass ride – Link. Related: Bicycle projects @ MAKE – Link. Bicycle archives @ MAKE – Link. From the pages of MAKE: The Rocketman’s Garage, rocket powered bicycles! Meet Minnesota’s celebrated thrill-machine maker. MAKE 05 – Page 154. Subscribers–read this article now […]
Trained roaches smuggle smokes, universe in a dish, watch-case phonographs…
Trained Cockroach smuggles smokes, nice hack – Link. Inventors on the air, it’s like “American Inventor” but on the radio from the 1930’s (and I bet a lot better) – Link. How the universe was formed (experiment!) – Link. Watch-case phonograph – Link. More future, back then @ Modern Mechanix – Link.
Plumber's tree
Modern Mechanix » Plumber’s Tree, Popular Mechanics 1950 – Link.
Carl & Jerry PDF – “Trapped in a Chimney”
In the MAKE comments Tofarley wrote a mini-review fo the Carl and Jerry stories book that we have featured here – I just thought I’d let people know that I ordered a copy of this book from Lulu, and I was pleasantly surprised. The book is extremely high quality, I would have never guessed that […]
Surprising tests with household ammonia
Some fun experiments to extend your knowledge with your home laboratory, from Popular Science 1933 – Simple Experiments and Home-made Apparatus Extend Your Knowledge and Speed the Work You Can Accomplish in Your Own Laboratory It is surprising what the amateur chemist can do with a fifteen-cent bottle of ordinary household ammonia. Being a mixture […]
