How to Do Mechanical Tricks Containing Complete Instruction for Performing Over Sixty Ingenious Mechanical Tricks

"How to Do Mechanical Tricks" by A. Anderson is an early 20th-century guide that teaches readers how to pull off more than sixty cool mechanical tricks. This book is all about having fun with science, showing how to use things you find every day to create clever demonstrations. It is packed with easy-to-follow instructions and pictures, the book covers a wide range of tricks, from making a coin seem to follow your commands to making it look like a pea is jumping on its own. Some tricks are simple, while others use ideas from geometry and balance, like building a balance scale or figuring out how tall a mountain is. The goal is to mix science with fun, so anyone can turn simple materials into amazing feats of engineering.