Boys' own book : a complete encyclopedia of athletic, scientific, outdoor, and indoor sports (1881)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838 · New York : J. Miller, Publisher · leaf 355
said Tom, it depends upon the action whichI give to it by my thumb and finger when I shoot it out ofmy hand. You are undoubtedly capable of thus giving to your mar-ble a certain spinning motion, the effect of which we shallhave to consider hereafter ; but I fancy you would be greatlypuzzled to make… … 74 PHILOSOPHY IN SPOKT Then it is clear, from your own experiment, that its ro-tation cannot arise from the cause you would assign to it.If you Avill attend to tliis dia-gram, continued his lather, I win endeavor to explainthe operation. It is evidentthat, as the marble movesalong the ground b d,…
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