Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 618
broke intwo pieces, without a drop of water being spilt. INERTIA. 55 bullet be shot from a gun, it will make a round hole in apiece of wood or glass, whilst if thrown by the hand,—that is to say, with much less force,—it will shiver thewood or the pane of glass to pieces. When the celerityof the… … Extracting a * man from a pile of draughts without overturning the pile. It is possible, for the same reason, to extract from apile of money a piece placed in the middle of the pilewithout overturning the others. It suffices to move themforcibly and quickly with a flat wooden ruler. Theexperiment…
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