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INDEX TO VOLUME 92
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| CHEMISTRY | Page |
|---|---|
| Tobacco as a Cleanser | 67 |
| Making Paper from Grass | 113 |
| "German Silver" Is Silver in Name Only | 117 |
| Mixture to Make a Strong Waterproof Glue | 126 |
| Explosives Are Simpler Than They Seem | 166 |
| Softening Water by Filtering It | 236 |
| Killing the Boll-Weevil with a Deadly Gas | 261 |
| Fire-Fighting Suit of Asbestos Cloth | 325 |
| Invention of New Steel Like Military Victory | 325 |
| Unlimited Heat— But How Use It? | 344 |
| America Needs Potash | 362 |
| What Imitation Leather Is | 380 |
| Varnish and Varnishing | 402 |
| We Are Making Our Own Indigo Now | 400 |
| Honey of Crapes | 432 |
| This Regulator Will Keep Your Apparatus at a Constant Temperature | 569 |
| Wood that Gives a Wonderful Fluorescence to Water | 576 |
| Detecting Glucose in Jellies, Jams and Kindred Confections | 577 |
| Wash In the By-Products of Garbage | 582 |
| Kerosene Can be "Cracked" to Produce Gasoline | 593 |
| A Chemical Preparation to Preserve Cut Flowers | 601 |
| Making Animals Transparent | 678 |
| The Making of Watches | 693 |
| Why Bricks Are Made with Straw | 703 |
| Chemicals and Machines Supplant Men in This War | 744 |
| Laundrymen and War Conditions | 754 |
| Less Risk in Kerosene Than Gasoline | 758 |
| The Process of Making Parchment Paper | 806 |
| Making Soap from Table Refuse | 837 |
| Inexpensive Aluminum Polish | 923 |
CIVIL ENGINEERING | |
| A Roller for Concrete Roads | 51 |
| Waste Boot Leather for Road Making | 66 |
| Launching a Bridge-Pier Caisson | 89 |
| Spraying Asphalt by Hand | 101 |
| Building Eiffel Towers in the Philippine Jungle | 204 |
| A Bridge Having a Single Row of Supporting Posts | 229 |
| Rolling Roads with Gaspipe | 379 |
| What Is Mean Sea Level? | 408 |
| Trapeze Artists Among Telephone Poles | 414 |
| Cost of Placing Roadway Stone Reduced by Simple Spreader | 522 |
ELECTRICITY | |
| If You Value Your Life Be Careful with Electricity | 4 |
| Clap! Let There Be Light | 26 |
| An Electric Blanket | 33 |
| Warming an Aquarium Electrically | 65 |
| Light Your Gas with Electricity | 95 |
| The Electric Floor-Scrubber | 96 |
| One Man with an Electric Monorail Does the Work of Ten Men with Trucks | 108 |
| A Homemade Electric Lantern for a Dry-Battery Cell | 149 |
| Electrical Devices and How They Work | 151 |
| An Electric Torch Made of Bottle and Bichromate Solution I | 56 |
| All Kinds of Commotion at Theater: Electric Signs Cause It | 203 |
| Removing a Fuse from the High-Tension Mains Without Danger of Shock | 229 |
| At Last! A Noiseless Telephone | 247 |
| A New Portable Electric Light for Manhole Work | 248 |
| The Electric Stevedore Distributes the Mail | 265 |
| Drawing Twenty Shades at Once | 274 |
| A Trolley Hoist for Handling Coal | 278 |
| Constructing a Dry Cell Which Can Be Renewed | 308 |
| How to Make an Electric Laboratory Furnace | 309 |
| Finding the Polarity of Electric Wires with a Potato | 310 |
| Spark Plug Tester with an Inclosed Spark Gap | 310 |
| Electrical Devices and How They Work | 311 |
| Making a Wet Battery from Ordinary Dry Cells | 312 |
| The Normal Running Temperature of Electric Machines | 316 |
| The Secret of Those Curly Locks | 323 |
| Pushbutton Lamp-Switch | 364 |
| The Thief's "Hands-Up!" Is Answered by the Telephone's "Help!" | 424 |
| Look Into the Mysteries of Mold with an Electric Trowel | 431 |
| Playing Chimes by Electricity | 435 |
| An Electric Lantern Which Will Stand Rough Use | 440 |
| Drying Shoes with Heat from an Electric Globe | 455 |
| How to Make a Flashlight of Dazzling Brilliancy | 466 |
| An Electric Bell Signal to Indicate Falling Snow | 467 |
| Electric Toaster to Operate on Dry Batteries | 468 |
| Electrical Devices and How They Work | 469 |
| The Sleeper Must Get Up to Stop the Alarm | 471 |
| Making Small Generators from Telephone Magnetos | 472 |
| An Improved Design for a Grounding Switch | 474 |
| Electric Blasting Without Blasting Machine | 487 |
| Teaching High School Pupils How to Read the Gas and Electric Meters | 504 |
| Electricity Makes the Winding of Bandages Easier | 548 |
| Oh, Henry — What Makes Those Things Go 'Round | 553 |
| Electricians Should Wear Straw Hats at Work | 582 |
| Electric Alarm Signal for Transmission Ropes | 627 |
| Changing the Tone of an Electric Bell by Sawing It | 628 |
| Tightening Electric Wires Under Wood Cleats | 628 |
| Electrical Devices and How They Work | 629 |
| A Small Storage Battery Made with a Sponge | 631 |
| A Keyless Electric Lock for Use on a Panel Door | 640 |
| Don't Let Your Baby Suck the Telephone Cord! | 670 |
| An Electrical Cooker for the Kitchenette | 673 |
| Cleaning Billiard Tables by an Electric Brush | 685 |
| Staircase Burglar Alarm | 688 |
| New Uses for Blue Electric Bulbs | 696 |
| Fish at Night with an Electric Light on Your Line | 735 |
| Static Electricity Drawn from Paper by Alternating Charge | 748 |
| Telephone and Telegraph Service Held Up | 753 |
| An Electrically-Heated Inhaler | 792 |
| Ignition Hookup for Use on Automobile Circuits | 792 |
| Electrical Devices and How They Work | 793 |
| Interesting and Artistic Electric Battery Tester | 795 |
| Permanent Base for Small Battery Switches | 800 |
| Opera Hat with Enclosed Electric Light for a Sign | 800 |
| Electric Sparks Peel the Tomatoes | 897 |
| Saving Time in Insulating Electric Cables | 918 |
| What Is the "Dead" Lamp on a Series Circuit? | 920 |
| Cleat for Holding Temporary Electric Wires | 947 |
| An Electrically Driven Toy Tank That Goes "Over the Top" | 947 |
| Durable Terminals for Electrical Conductor Cords | 948 |
| Shocking Device That Works on the Commercial Current | 948 |
| Locating and Repairing Short-Circuited Armature Coils | 948 |
| Electrical Devices and How They Work | 949 |
| Combined Electric Night-Bell and Flash-Light | 952 |
| Self-Translating Telegraph Line for Amateurs | 952 |
| Interesting Method of Learning the Telegraph Code | 954 |
| Home-Made Electric Furnace for Heating with Arc Light | 955 |
| Simple Way of Cutting Mica V-Rings to Fit on an Armature | 955 |
| Holding Clip for Making Tests on Spark Plugs | 956 |
| Controlling an Oil Cup with an Electromagnet | 956 |
HOUSEKEEPING MADE EASY | |
| The Bachelor's Coffee Brewer | 7 |
| Cut Your Ice Silently and Easily with a Needle | 12 |
| Sharpen Your Own Shears and Save Your Time and Temper | 27 |
| Housekeeping Made Easy | 40-41 |
| Household Appliances | 53 |
| A New-Old Cooker | 68 |
| One Movement, and Up Goes This Sturdy Collapsible Ironing Board | 88 |
| A Needle That You Can Easily Thread in the Dark | 99 |
| Here's a Quick Device for Extracting Corks | 109 |
| Turn the Switch and You'll Have All the Hot Water You Will Need | 110 |
| You Can Attach This Humidifier to Your Radiator | 117 |
| Cook a Breakfast for Six on One Fourth of a Cent | 224 |
| A Coal Stove Within Your Furnace | 228 |
| The Bag Within the Garbage Can | 253 |
| Housekeeping Made Easy | 258-259 |
| Adjustable Chair for the Bathtub | 327 |
| Housekeeping Made Easy | 360-361 |
| Sleeping in Your Library Table | 587 |
| A Metal Bottle-Cover That Never Wears Out | 407 |
| Pasteurizer and Ice-Box Combined | 420 |
| Adjustable Player-Piano Seat and Record Holder | 431 |
| Cook with Acetylene on the Farm | 434 |
| Safety Bottle for Poisons | 504 |
| Housekeeping Made Easy | 522-523 |
