Re: Request for a recommendation.

Ted Nolan <tednolan> <tednolan> wrote:

Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:

William Hyde  <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:

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I am looking for a book which will interest a 12 year old kid who is
fascinated by things mechanical.

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A fiction book or nonfiction?
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When I was... younger than 12, might have been about seven... I got my
father to buy me the Chilton's engine rebuilding annual.  I still have
it.  I spent months poring over it.

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L. Sprague deCamp actually wrote a non-fiction book about engines.
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Huh, it's actually called _Engines_:
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https://www.amazon.com/Engines-L-Sprague-Camp/dp/B0006BZMX8

So, I found this, and it's cool, but twelve seems awfully old for it.
This would be a great book for a younger kid (even though it doesn't
mention radials).
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."