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Toy-making in school and home (1916)

Polkinghorne, Ruby Kathleen, 1883- · London, Harrap · leaf 142

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A TRAIN AND RAILWAY STATION (Plate VIII) A Train. (1) The Engine (Fig. 230). The body of the engine, a, isa long mantle-box or a piece of old curtain pole, about 4| incheslong. The wooden bottom, b c, is 6| inches by 2J inches, a is gluedto B c and kept in position by wooden blocks, e and f. The… … Fig. 230 have a hole in it to take a piece of cotton-wool for smoke.The rim of the funnel and the dome are coloured yellow.The boiler can be covered with dark green or dark red paper.The buffers are pieces of round rod, to which cardboard discs aregummed. The cab is made of cardboard, as shown in…

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