Popular Science Magazine Hobby Projects
There are hundreds of do it yourself projects in the 1930s volumes of still going strong Popular Science Magazine, kindly published for reading online on Google Books by the magazine.Build and experiment with a spectroscope, make your own ant farm, use a microscope for detective work and not least Raymond B. Wailes monthly column on how to set up a hobby chemistry laboratory (starting Febr. 1932) are some of them.The equipment for the projects mostly are made up of recycled items, so even if on a limited budget the greatest part of us should be able to reproduce the projects and experiments.The magazines cannot be downloaded but may be read on Google Books, or perhaps better with the Windows readers below.When coming to hobby chemistry - always wear goggles, only use small amounts of chemicals, start with the simplest of the examples, ask your teacher for advice.Here index of the chemistry columns.
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