28-510: Practical Mechanics was a monthly British magazine devoted mostly to home mechanics and technology. It was first published by George Newnes, Ltd. , in October 1933, and ran for 352 issues until the magazine's termination in August 1963. Practical Mechanics was edited by Frederick J. Camm until his death in 1959. With an emphasis on things its readers could reasonably construct themselves,
56-649: A baronetcy on 12 July 1916, whereupon he took the title Sir Arthur Pearson, 1st Baronet of St Dunstan's , London. He received the GBE in 1917. Pearson was a close friend of the pioneer of the Scouting movement Baden-Powell , and supportive of his efforts in setting up the movement and publishing its magazine The Scout . When Pearson's scheme for publishing in Braille was faltering due to lack of funds, on 2 May 1914 Baden-Powell publicly requested that "all Scouts perform
84-536: A home economics book published by Newnes is Housekeeping Made Easy: a Handbook of Household Management Appealing Chiefly to the Middle-Class Housekeeper ; by Mrs. Waldemar Leverton [c. 1910]; a more comprehensive manual called Home Management was edited by Alison Barnes and published in the 1950s in two volumes. Newnes took over publication of Chambers's Encyclopaedia in the period 1950–1966, putting out four new editions. Newnes retained
112-717: A 'good turn' for The Scout magazine publisher Mr C. Arthur Pearson, in order to raise money for his scheme of publishing literature in Braille for the blind." In 1919, Pearson wrote the book Victory Over Blindness: How it Was Won by the Men of St Dunstan's . He founded the Greater London Fund for the Blind in 1921, funded by the establishment of its annual 'Geranium Day' appeal. Pearson died on 9 December 1921 when he drowned in his bath after knocking himself unconscious in
140-403: A cooperative relationship with Pearson's old employer, George Newnes Ltd , and as Pearson gradually gave up his publishing duties to due to his blindness, by 1914, Pearson had essentially become an imprint of Newnes. With Pearson's death, this arrangement was formalized, and in 1929, Newnes purchased all outstanding shares of Pearson's company. Decades after the founder's death, into the 1960s,
168-411: A cooperative relationship with former employee and fellow publisher C. Arthur Pearson (1866–1921), and by 1914, C. Arthur Pearson Ltd (founded in 1890) had essentially become an imprint of Newnes. With Pearson's death in 1921, this arrangement was formalized, and in 1929 Newnes purchased all outstanding shares of Pearson's company. The Pearson imprint focused mostly on magazines from the 1930s through
196-480: A diverse range of tit-bits of information presented in an easy-to-read format. He funded the magazine by opening a vegetarian restaurant in Manchester. The addition of competitions increased the readership of the periodical, and in 1884 Newnes moved publication to London. Tit-Bits reached a circulation of 700,000 by the end of the 19th century. It paved the way for popular journalism – most significantly,
224-662: A fall. He was buried in Hampstead Cemetery after a service to which the Cabinet, the British and Norwegian royal families, and many institutes for the blind all sent official representatives. Two of his pallbearers were blind. He was survived by his wife, son and three daughters. In 1922, a biography, The Life of Sir Arthur Pearson , was written by Sidney Dark and published by Hodder & Stoughton . Pearson's publishing company, C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. , had had
252-470: Is a British publisher. The company was founded in 1891 by George Newnes (1851–1910), considered a founding father of popular journalism. Newnes published such magazines and periodicals as Tit-Bits , The Wide World Magazine , The Captain , The Strand Magazine , The Grand Magazine , John O'London's Weekly , Sunny Stories for Little Folk , Woman's Own , and the "Practical" line of magazines overseen by editor Frederick J. Camm . Long after
280-513: Is now recognized as a leading publisher of electronics and electrical engineering books. Sir Arthur Pearson, 1st Baronet Sir Cyril Arthur Pearson, 1st Baronet , (24 February 1866 – 9 December 1921), was a British newspaper magnate and publisher, who founded the Daily Express . Pearson was born on 24 February 1866 in the village of Wookey , Somerset, a son of Arthur Cyril Pearson and Phillippa Massingberd Maxwell Lyte, who
308-561: The Daily Mail was founded by Alfred Harmsworth , a contributor to Tit-Bits , and the Daily Express was launched by Arthur Pearson , who worked at Tit-Bits for five years after winning a competition to get a job on the magazine. Newnes began to work with W. T. Stead , with whom he founded the Review of Reviews in 1890. In 1891 his publishing business was formed into George Newnes Ltd . Arguably Newnes' best-known publication
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#1732798242509336-747: The Hulton Press – producing a diverse range of titles from Lady's Companion , Woman’s Own , Nova , Rave and Flair , to Practical Mechanics and Practical Television . In 1959, the company was purchased by Odhams Press , and in 1961, the company became part of the International Publishing Corporation . Further sales, in 1970 to Reed International , and a 1992 merger with Dutch science publisher Elsevier NV , left Newnes part of Reed Elsevier (now RELX Group ). Newnes, with offices in Oxford and Boston ,
364-846: The MP Sir Davison Dalziel , and Sir Alexander Henderson . Beginning to lose his sight due to glaucoma despite a 1908 operation, Pearson was progressively forced from 1910 onwards to relinquish his newspaper interests; the Daily Express eventually passed, in November 1916, under the control of the Canadian–British tycoon Sir Max Aitken, later Lord Beaverbrook . Through the British and Foreign Blind Association , Pearson published his Pearson's Easy Dictionary in Braille form in 1912. Later completely blind , Pearson
392-746: The Tariff Reform League in 1903, becoming its first chairman. In 1904 he purchased the struggling The Standard and its sister paper the Evening Standard for £ 700,000 from the Johnstone family. He merged the Evening Standard with his St James's Gazette and changed the Conservative stance of both papers into a pro- Liberal one, but was unsuccessful in arresting the slide in sales and in 1910 sold them to
420-506: The periodical journal Pearson's Weekly , the first issue of which sold a quarter of a million copies. A philanthropist, in 1892 he established the charitable Fresh Air Fund, still in operation and now known as Pearson's Holiday Fund, to enable disadvantaged children to partake in outdoor activities. In 1898, he purchased the Morning Herald , and in 1900 merged it into his new creation, the halfpenny Daily Express . The Express
448-536: The 1950s, known for ongoing titles like Home Notes and London Opinion , as well as Men Only . Notable comics titles published by Pearson in the 1950s and early 1960s included the romance comics Mirabelle , The New Glamour , and Marty ; and the Picture Stories and Picture Library series. Decades after the proprietor's death, Newnes/Pearson continued into the 1960s as one of London's three leading magazine publishers – along with Odhams Press and
476-597: The Newnes imprint continue to be published by Elsevier . Founder George Newnes began his career in publishing in 1881 when he founded Tit-Bits as a direct response to the Elementary Education Act 1870 which introduced education for children aged 5–12 and hence produced a new young generation able to read. The magazine was initially published in Manchester like a mini-encyclopedia, containing extracts from books and other publications, but principally
504-474: The creature. During this same period, Pearson was also active as a writer, and wrote a number of tourist guides to locations in Britain and Europe. Under the pseudonym of "Professor P. R. S. Foli", he wrote Handwriting as an Index to Character in 1902, as well as works on fortune-telling and dream interpretation . Pearson was a strong supporter of Joseph Chamberlain 's tariff-reform movement, and organised
532-691: The daughter of Canon Frederick Bennett, of Maddington, Wiltshire , with whom he had three daughters. In 1897, Pearson married, as his second wife, Ethel , daughter of William John Fraser. Ethel, Lady Pearson, would be appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE). The couple had a son, Neville (birth registered in Farnham, Q1 1898), and three daughters. In 1890, after six years of working for Newnes, Pearson left to form his own publishing business and within three weeks had created
560-509: The deal fell through. In 1898, Pearson founded The Royal Magazine , a monthly literary magazine which remained in publication until 1939. In 1900 Pearson despatched the explorer and adventurer Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard to Patagonia to investigate dramatic reports of a giant hairy mammal inhabiting the forests, and conjectured to be a giant ground sloth , long since extinct. Hesketh-Prichard's reports from 5,000 miles away gripped readers of The Express , despite his finding no trace of
588-518: The founder's death, Newnes was known for publishing ground-breaking consumer magazines such as Nova . Newnes published books by such authors as Enid Blyton , Hall Caine , Richmal Crompton , Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , George Goodchild , W. E. Johns , P. G. Wodehouse , and John Wyndham . Initially an independent publisher, Newnes became an imprint of the International Publishing Company in 1961. Today, books under
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#1732798242509616-451: The magazine featured numerous articles on how to build things around one's house, such as a sink or bathtub. It also regularly featured more fanciful articles on how to build things with less obvious applications around the home, for example a Geiger counter , or an aeroplane for £25 (not including the cost of an engine). The early issues were in black and white. The magazine began printing in color at an unknown date. Practical Mechanics
644-573: Was The Strand Magazine , begun in 1891, in which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was first able to publish his Sherlock Holmes mystery series. Newnes also founded other magazine titles, including The Wide World Magazine (1888), The Westminster Gazette (1893), and Country Life (1897). In 1896, Newnes began the publication of books, founding the book series The Penny Library of Famous Books. Other book series published would include Newnes' Sixpenny Novels Illustrated, Newnes' Sixpenny Copyright Novels, and The Library of Useful Stories. The company
672-493: Was a departure from the papers of its time and created an immediate impact by carrying news instead of only advertisements on its front page. He was successful in establishing papers in provincial locations such as the Birmingham Daily Gazette . He came into direct competition with the Daily Mail and in the resulting commercial fight almost took control of The Times , being nominated as its manager, but
700-637: Was a granddaughter of the hymn-writer and poet Henry Francis Lyte . He was educated at Winchester College in Hampshire. His father became rector of Drayton Parslow in Buckinghamshire. His first job was as a journalist working for the London-based publisher George Newnes on Tit-Bits magazine. Within his first year he had impressed Newnes enough to be made his principal assistant. In December 1887, Pearson married Isobel Sarah Bennett,
728-1022: Was made president of the National Institution for the Blind in 1914, raising its income from £8,000 to £360,000 in only eight years. On 29 January 1915, he cofounded The Blinded Soldiers and Sailors Care Committee (later renamed St Dunstan's and now known as Blind Veterans UK ), for soldiers blinded by gas attack or trauma during the First World War . Its goal, radical for the times, was to provide vocational training rather than charity for invalided servicemen, and thus to enable them to carry out independent and productive lives. Not only were blinded soldiers trained in work such as basket weaving or massage, but also in social skills such as dancing, braille reading or sports to give them back self-confidence. Upon releasing them, they were gifted little tokens of independence such as braille watches. Pearson's dedication to this work led to his receiving
756-466: Was one of a number of DIY British publications, including Practical Householder , Practical Motorist , and Practical Wireless , also founded by Frederick J. Camm. This British science and technology magazine-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . See tips for writing articles about magazines . Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page . George Newnes, Ltd. George Newnes Ltd
784-507: Was reconstructed in 1897 with a capital of one million pounds. George Newnes died in 1910; his son Frank (1876–1955), who had followed his father into his publishing business, became President of George Newnes Ltd. In the period 1932–1934, Newnes editor Frederick James Camm launched a " Practical " line of magazines that included Practical Mechanics , Practical Motorist , Practical Television , and Practical Wireless . These titles became known as "Camm's Comics." An example of
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