Boys' own book : a complete encyclopedia of athletic, scientific, outdoor, and indoor sports (1881)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838 · New York : J. Miller, Publisher · leaf 364
pidly as if you were gifted with theseven-leagued boots of the Ogre :—^but to the point in ques-tion. The art of slinging, or casting stones, is one of thehighest antiquity, and was carried to a gi-eat degree of per-fection among the Asiatic nations. It was well known andpracticed at a very early… … CHAPTER V, THE SUBJECT OF ROTATORY MOTION CONTIOTJED.—A BALL, BYHAVXNO A PECULLA.R SPINNING MOTION IMPARTED TO IT, MAYBE MADE TO STOP SHORT, OR TO RETROGRADE, THOUGH ITMEETS NOT WITH ANY APPARENT OBSTACLE.—BILBOQUET,OR CUP AND BALL.—THE JOINT FORCES WHICH ENABLE THEBALANCER TO THROW UP AND CATCH…
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