Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 685
of cork, and having placedthem in a basin half-filled with water, let them come closeto each other. When they have approached within a certaindistance they will rush together. If you fix one of themon the blade of your pen-knife, it will attract the other asa magnet, so that you can lead it round… … iJecepiiou jugs of old pattern. are moistened, op preserved from action of the water bythe grease. This attribute is of great use in the animal and vegetablekingdoms. The rising of the sap is one instance of the latter. VASE OF TANTALUS. 123 Experience in hydrostatics can be easily applied…
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