The Make and mend club. A story of boys' adventures, sports and experiments (1883)
Van Orden, Howard · New York, A. Sibley · leaf 75
nothing to Harry, he proceeded to make what boys gen¬ erally know as a bean-shooter. He began by taking a piece of half-inch pine, and using his pocket-knife made a handle some'* what in the shape of the letter Y, and represented by figure 56. He now procured two good sized rubber bands and a small… … Fig. 56. Fig. 57. small hole in each end, and a narrow slit lengthwise in the middle for the purpose of more firmly securing the missile to be shot. The strings at one end of the rubber bands were tied to the top of his Y-shaped handle, taking care that they were of the same length, so that it…
Handicraft for boys · Amusements · Sports
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