Boys' own book : a complete encyclopedia of athletic, scientific, outdoor, and indoor sports (1881)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838 · New York : J. Miller, Publisher · leaf 339
mmediately rose in the air, and contin-ued to float about for several seconds: he then drew in hisbreath, and caught it with much addi-ess »n one of its points;and in this manner, alternately floating and catching it, didhe continue to dehght the wondering group for severalminutes. Tom received the… … 60 PHILOSOPHY IN SPORT removed the tube from Ms mouth, with■which I have often shot a pea across theplay-ground. Exactly; and you will now under-stand the nature of the force by whichyour pea was projected. The air blownfrom the lungs gains such momentumfrom the contracted channel in whichit flows,…
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