Children's toys, and some elementary lessons in general knowledge which they teach (1877)
Erle, T. W. (Twynihoe William), 1828-1908 · London : C. Kegan Paul · leaf 88
mmon toy in which a dancing lady pirouettes on the tip of one toe, through the aid of bullets attached to her waist by stiff rods, so that her centre of gra- vity when she is thus accoutred is below her feet. It is no less easy to construct a top which will stand upright, although stock still, upon… … collection of things which is before you, because it is rather a cumbrous thing to take about, and we do not particularly want it, but here is what looks like a rock-
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