CHAPTER VII

HOME-MADE TOY ELEVATORS 59 A Toy Elevator that appears Magical in its Operation--Adapting Elevator to Toy Office Building--Floors--Partitions--The Elevator Car--The Elevator Guides--The Cables--The Counter-balance--The Smoke-stack--The Overhead Pulleys--How the Car operates--Ballast--To make the Car Rise--A Simple Control--Two Levers--An Outdoor Elevator--The Guide Supports--The Car--The Guides--The Counter-balance--The Lifting Cable--The Lowering Cable.