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From: Tony Nance <tnusenet17@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Request for a recommendation.
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2024 17:49:19 -0400
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On 10/2/24 5:43 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
> In article <vdkebk$3cv3c$1@dont-email.me>,
> Tony Nance  <tnusenet17@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 10/2/24 10:33 AM, William Hyde wrote:
>>>
>>> I am looking for a book which will interest a 12 year old kid who is
>>> fascinated by things mechanical.
>>>
>>> The kind of kid who used to take clocks apart and put them back together
>>> still working (when that was possible), build a telescope or put
>>> together a radio, that sort of thing.
>>>
>>> I remember seeing such a book and wishing I'd had it when I was twelve
>>> myself, but I don't recall the name or author.
>>>
>>> As for myself, that clock never worked again, so I'm not much of a
>>> mentor here.
>>>
>>> William Hyde
>>
>> My son is an engineer, and 4 of my nieces/nephews are also engineers,
>> and when they were young, every one of them loved the book "The Way
>> Things Work" by David Macaulay. I'm just a math guy, but I enjoyed
>> flipping through it as well.
>>
>> In looking for that title, I see he has also written a second book
>> called "The New Way Things Work". I am unfamiliar with that book.
>>
>> Tony
> 
> Coming soon "That Should Have Worked!"

And then "That Used to Work!"