The boy's own book of indoor games and recreations : a popular encyclopædia for boys (1890)
Stables, Gordon, 1840-1910, Hutchison, George Andrew, 1841-1913 · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 241
ering the jointFor the bottom cut a piece of tin round, the exact size to fit tightly into the tube ;in the middle of this cut a circular hole three-quarters of an inch in diameter,solder this in the lamp so that it is half an inch from the bottom end, and then cutthe half-inch that projects like… … Fig. 13. Fig. 15. Fig. 16. you must get a short piece of brass curtain-rod that will just fit tightly over thislast tube and be the same length. In this brass tube you must cut a spiral slot,running from top to bottom, and going once round. The slot is to be cut quitethrough the brass (Fig. 16).…
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