[modeleng] Long ago

I have been sorting through my collection of Model Engineers, to see what 
gaps and duplicates I have.As can be appreciated, this task takes far longer 
than expected due to spotting interesting looking articles, that will "only 
take a moment" to read.!

The following might be interesting to some of you.

Had you been reading ME for this week in 1906, you could have read about:
A model railway corridor coach (2 ½" gauge),
Useful workshop devices,
Construction and repair of motor bicycles,
Alternating current transformers,
Home electric lighting (that was really modern at that time),
A 10 rater model yacht,
A novel design for a high speed steam engine,
Plus the usual editorial, notes and letters.

Among the latter is one about a home built steam motorbicycle.

You could buy a Drummond lathe for £13.10/0, or, from across the "pond", a 
Seneca Falls "Star" lathe.
Also advertising were Stuart Turner, Stevens Model Dockyard, Clyde Model 
Dockyard, Bassett Lowke, George Adams, plus many names long lost in history.

A 13" length of ¼" brass bar would have cost you 3d, as would 2ft of 1/8" x 
¼" MS flat bar.

For £4/10/0 you could buy a new bicycle made by, Rudge-Whitworth, Rover, 
Coventry, Swift, Progress, Humber, Singer, Triumph or Centaurs, names that 
if remembered at all, are known only for their cars.

The magazine would have cost you 2d, or 3d post paid, unless you lived in 
the US, where an annual subscription was $3.
.
Alan Stepney

http://www.alanstepney.info
Model Engineering & steam engine information pages 

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