Popular science monthly . to resist road bruises. Its main advantage over the solidrubber tire is its elasticity and road is too rough for it and it willbear up under the hardest service. TheS()aTiisli caiu adds greatly to its wear-ing (|ualilics in .dl sorts of weather. Popular Science Monflihf 183 A Boys Road Wagonis a Real Loco-motive MECHANIC in a garagemachine-shop inEugene, Oregon,wanted his bo\ toknow somethingabout the mechan-ics of a locomotive,and in his sparemoments construc-ted the machine in the accompanyingillustration. It is a perfect miniature ofa large steam engi
Popular science monthly . to resist road bruises. Its main advantage over the solidrubber tire is its elasticity and road is too rough for it and it willbear up under the hardest service. TheS()aTiisli caiu adds greatly to its wear-ing (|ualilics in .dl sorts of weather. Popular Science Monflihf 183 A Boys Road Wagonis a Real Loco-motive MECHANIC in a garagemachine-shop inEugene, Oregon,wanted his bo\ toknow somethingabout the mechan-ics of a locomotive,and in his sparemoments construc-ted the machine in the accompanyingillustration. It is a perfect miniature ofa large steam engine, and is complete inevcr>- detail. It carries a pressure ofsteam up to fort\-fi\e pounds, and pullsthe tractor with two passengers at aspeed equal to a fast walking gait. The engineer and owner is a boy nineyears old, and he has already obtained aremarkable knowledge of the actualworking of a steam locomotive from theoperation of his little machine. Theengine burns coal, pitch-knots, andsmall pieces of bark and wood. The locomotive with the engineer in over-alls and his trusty fireman behind him A Cane to Help the Conva-lescent Soldier ACAXE intended to makewalking easier for theconvalescent soldier has foundpopularit} in England whereever\ ship from the war zonebrings wounded men still tooweak to walk great distancesbut sufficiently recovered tobe about. It is of stout con-struction. It has acurved handle andis fitted with arubber tip so thatit is a safe supportwhen traversingslippery pave-ments. The uniquefeature of its con-stniction is a fold-ing foot-supportwhich opens on theprinciple of a knife-blade, a few inchesfrom the the soldieruses as a rest.
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