Every Boy's Book

Hop-scotch to hare-and-hounds, conjuring to chemistry, rabbits to rowing — the complete Victorian repertoire of things for a boy to do, set down with rules and diagrams.

Answer to No. 8

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Answer to No. 8

Take a round cylinder of the diameter of the circular hole, and of the height of the square hole. Having drawn a straight line across the…

Answer to No. 8: Puzzle

The cabinet-maker must find the centre of the circle, and strike another circle, half the diameter of the first, and having the same…

Answer to No. 8: Punch

Punch's stick must be about a foot long, and quite half an inch thick; it must be formed of tough wood, as some rough work is performe…

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