The boy's own book of indoor games and recreations : a popular encyclopædia for boys (1890)
Stables, Gordon, 1840-1910, Hutchison, George Andrew, 1841-1913 · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 27
FlG. I. Fig. 2. ance, we give a draw-ing of it (Fig. I). The bar or poleshould be of ash, dia-meter 2 inches, length6 feet. The more ex-pensive bars have asteel core runningthrough the middle,in which case the dia-meter can be reduced to ij inches, and thelength … increased to 7feet. This size is de-cidedly more pleasantfor use, as a firmer gripcan be obtained thanon the thicker bars.The height of the barfrom the ground ofcourse varies accordingto that of the gymnast,who should be able totouch the lower sidewith both hands (thetips of the fingers)when…
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