Boys' own book : a complete encyclopedia of athletic, scientific, outdoor, and indoor sports (1881)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838 · New York : J. Miller, Publisher · leaf 344
ty inexplaining it to you. Tom informed her that it was a game of water-sMmmmg^in which any number of boys threw a stone, an oyster-shell,or a flat piece of tile, into the water; and that he whosestone rebounded the gi-eatest number of times was the con-queror. It is a very ancient game, said Mr.… … MADE SCIENCE IN EARNEST. 65 must tell you all I know upon the subject. It was caEed bythe Greeks EpostraMsmos* and was anciently played withflat shells. Now it is evident that the water must, under cer-tain conditions, possess some degree of elasticity, or the stonecould not rebound; but I shall…
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