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 379
pushing it in, of course, from the bottom.When the holes and spindle are cut, put a little glueround the lid to make the box tight, and insert thespindle with a Uttle glue at each hole. For the usualfork or handle with which the top is spun, a plain slip of wood with a hole at the end will be found… … CHAPTER XXXVIII.—ARTIFICIAL WOOD: HOW TO MAKE IT AND WHAT TO MAKE OF IT. By the late Dr. Scoffern. You will admit, I think, that if instead of fashioning wood by tools it werepossible to make the wood grow into the shape desired, it would not only becurious, but under certain circumstances useful.…
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