Popular Science Monthly 



141 



Simple Means of Removing Tarnish 

 from Silverware 



ASIMPLE method for removing tar- 

 nish and discoloration from silver- 

 ware is as follows: Fill an aluminum or 

 porcelain dish with warm water and 

 dissolve in it some sal soda. The tar- 

 nished articles should be immersed in 

 this solution for several minutes, when 

 the silverware may be removed, bright 

 and clean. 



The Tea-Table Idea Applied to 

 the Kitchen 



A BALTIMORE woman, Mrs. Jo- 

 seph Eiseman, has patented a new 

 kitchen device which is designed to save 



A light table on wheels is a great con- 

 venience to the housewife in the kitchen 



women many steps in the process of dish 

 washing and other household labors. 



She had her husband build for her a 

 light kitchen table on wheels, with a 

 handle like that of a baby carriage, so 

 that it could be pushed around the kitch- 

 en, just like a drawing-room tea-table. 

 On its four sides the table has a series 

 of hinged leaves, which ordinarily hang 

 flat. When desired, they can be braced 

 upright, which practically doubles the 

 table's size, or again they can be folded 

 entirely upward to convert the top of 

 the table into the bottom of a box having 

 no top. 



To the housewife the advantages of 

 this arrangement will be immediately ob- 

 vious. The table may be wheeled just 

 outside the dining-room door, where the 

 dishes from the dining-room can be 

 placed on it at once. When the meal is 

 ended, the table is wheeled back into the 

 kitchen. There it can be wheeled directly 

 to the sink for the washing. 



Quickening the Flow of Oil 

 When Cold 



DURING cold weather it is difficult 

 to make heavy oil, such as that 

 used for motorcycles, run out of a small 

 opening. If a piece of }i-\n. copper 

 tubing is bent in a U-shape so that it 

 will go inside the opening and admit air, 



the oil will run out 



much faster. If 

 this tube is made 

 long enough to 

 enable one end to 

 be placed in the 

 mouth so that air 

 maybe blown into 

 the interior of the 

 can, the heaviest 

 kind of oil can be 

 forced out at the 

 rate of more than a 



Making sluggish oil 

 flow more swiftly 



gallon a minute. — Norman S. McEwen. 



Using Discarded Range Boilers 

 for Air Pressure Tanks 



THOUSANDS of range boilers are 

 thrown away every year, as soon as 

 they become corroded, even in one or 

 two spots. They may be used for air- 

 tanks in brazing, by carefully cleaning 

 the spots v^here the leaks have been and 

 then soldering pieces of sheet brass 

 over the holes. 



How to Make Spiral Springs 

 with Breast Drill 



SPIRAL springs can be easily made 

 by means of a small hand drill and 

 a vise. The drill is fastened at the knob 

 A in the vise B, as shown in the illustra- 



Winding spiral springs is an easy task 

 with a small hand drill held in a vise 



tion. A core C is placed in the chuck 

 along with the end of the wire. The 

 wheel can be turned with one hand and 

 the wire D guided with the other. The 

 core C may be any size desired, accord- 

 ing to the spring. — John Bansert. 



