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 79
hile, and twist it about from side to side as much as you like,it will always regain its erect position. The two bullets, in thiscase, cause the centre of gravity to fall below the ball on which thefigure is placed, and, in consequence, as the centre of gravityalways assumes the lowest position, it… … PlO. 22. little toys out with a jack-knife, and cut any figure tliat may suithis fancy. To make a curious little variation of this experiment,drive a needle, head first, into the end of a cork; into each side ofthe cork stick a common fork; then invert a tumbler, and placethe point of the needle on…
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