Boys' own book : a complete encyclopedia of athletic, scientific, outdoor, and indoor sports (1881)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838 · New York : J. Miller, Publisher · leaf 280
, and afterward the leads in the presence of the spec-tators, that they may be satisfied they are equal, and letthem inspect your apparatus, to see that all is fair : thenstart your chariots, and, notwithstanding the equality oftheir weights, and the equality of those of the leads, one ofthem will… … THE SIMPLE DECEPTION. Stick a little wax upon your thumb, take a by-stander bythe fingers, show him a dime, and tell him you will put thesame into his hand; then wring it down hard with yourwaxed thumb, and using many words, look him in the face;suddenly take away your thumb, and the coin will…
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