The Bookshelf for boys and girls Book of Wonders and Curious Things (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 23
ple used by everysailing-vessel since. Later, he devised the windmill for grinding grain and drawing water.The kite makes use of the wind power and has suggested the aeroplane which man hasnow made possible through later discoveries. The vacuum cleaner is another way inwhich the power of air in…
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