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 435
so many instruments that these rough notes onits construction may prove valuable, even if it be not applied to the humble whistle.The humble whistle ! Alas ! But let it not be imagined that squeals and screechesare the sounds the poor whistle was made to produce. Any other instrument, ifimproperly… … CHAPTER LI.—CURIOSITIES OF ELECTRICITY. By Dr. Arthur Stradling. In the whole history of science, from the Dark Ages down to the present time, therehas been no record of any parallel to the extraordinary progress which electricity hasmade of late years. It is comparatively but a short time since…
Games · Amusements
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