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 402
t the mark in theside of the lid corresponds exactly with the mark in the side of the box, and theshadow of the axis of the gnomon will point out the hour. When you have seenthe time, take off the lid, take the gnomon out of the slot, and put it inside the boxlaying on the glass, and put the lid… … Fie. CHAPTER XLV.—WOOD-WORKING AND CARVING; OR, WALKING-STICKS AND HOW TO TREAT THEM. Walking-sticks of all varieties—apple, ash, blackthorn, brier, cherry, elm, hazel,holly, oak, vine, and whitethorn—are best when cut in the winter, betweenNovember and February; the sap is then sluggish, the…
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