Boys' own book : a complete encyclopedia of athletic, scientific, outdoor, and indoor sports (1881)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838 · New York : J. Miller, Publisher · leaf 411
bt I expressed respecting the authenticity of his leathernmoney ? That is one of the many subjects upon which, I must say,you have betrayed a deficiency in historical knowledge. Sen-eca informs us that there was anciently stamped money ofleather; and the same thing was put in practice by Freder-ick… … CHAPTER VII. THE SOAP-BUBBLE.—THE SQUIRT.—THE BELLOWS; AN EXPLANA-TION OF THEIR SEVERAL PARTS.—BY WHOM THE INSTRUMENTWAS INVENTED.—THE SUCKING AND LIFTING, OR COMMONPUMP.—AN EXPERIMENT ILLUSTRATIVE OF ATMOSPHERICPRESSURE.—THE MAGIC BOTTLE AND ITS WONDERS. Tom, said his father, * bring me a saucer…
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