Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 48
r who is not previously acquainted with the experi-ment. The upper diagram in the illustration explains themode of proceeding. The way the trick is performedis to allow the third match to fall lightly against thematch you hold, and then lower the hand until this third THE CENTRE OF GRAVITY. 31… … Fig, 23.—The Tumbler and the Sticks. TO POISE A TUMBLER UPON THREE STICKS, EACHONE OF WHICH HAS ONE END IN THE AIR. Ozanam, in his Mathematical and Physical Recrea-tions in the 16th Century, laid down the followingproblem : Place three sticks on a horizontal plane, sothat each one shall have one…
Scientific recreations
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