Book of riddles and five hundred home amusements : containing a choice and curious collection of riddles, charades, enigmas, rebuses, anagrams, transpositions, conundrums, amusing puzzles, queer sleights, recreations in arithmetic, fireside games, and natural magic, embracing entertaining amusements in magnetism, chemistry, second sight, and simple recreations in science for family and social pastime (1863)
Frikell, Wiljalba, 1818-1903, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · New York : Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 74
ch the water now stands above the level ofthe brim wiihout flowing over; this is caused by the cohesiveattraction of the water being greater than the attraction ofgravity. Inexplicable Motion and Sound.Procure a piece of lead pipe, about two inches in the bore, andthree inches long; the thicker the… … Eia. 19. to one inch and a half wide, and a quarter of an inch thick; fileaway the edges of one of the flat sides, to make it oval-shape, sothat it will rock to and fro, if it be put in motion upon a table.Instead of having the brass filed, a blacksmith can give it a slightcurve (observe, it must…
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