Re:Homebrew Batteries
by Animats on Friday December 27, 2024 @03:50PM
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The classic on this: "A Boy and a Battery", by Yates. (1959 ed).[1]
There's a whole series, "A Boy and a Motor", etc., all the way up to how to build your own model railroad from scrap, if you have the skills of a master machinist. Plus "Atomic Experiments for Boys". Really.
The Internet Archive has many of these.[2] "Shop Practice for Home Mechanics" is still useful, teaching how to do basic metalwork with simple hand tools. They cover lathe work, all the way up to how to make a crankshaft.
All this dates from an era before the availability of unlimited entertainment for timepass.
There's a whole series, "A Boy and a Motor", etc., all the way up to how to build your own model railroad from scrap, if you have the skills of a master machinist. Plus "Atomic Experiments for Boys". Really.
The Internet Archive has many of these.[2] "Shop Practice for Home Mechanics" is still useful, teaching how to do basic metalwork with simple hand tools. They cover lathe work, all the way up to how to make a crankshaft.
All this dates from an era before the availability of unlimited entertainment for timepass.
[1] https://archive.org/details/boyandbattery00yate/
[2] https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Yates%2C+Raymo...