How to behave and how to amuse. A handy manual of etiquette and parlor games (1895)
Sandison, George Henry, 1850- comp · New York, The Christian Herald · leaf 112
le, of course, grows TO WEIGH A IvETTER. 117 shorter as it burns, and it seems therefore as ifthe water must overflow the top and reach thewick; but on the other hand, it grows proportion-ately lighter, and therefore rides higher in thewater. Further, the external surface of the candle, keptcool by… … This hollowing process further lightens thecandle, and the wick will, as you have stated,burn to the very end. To Weigh a Lkttkr with a Broomstick. For the purpose of weighing light objects as,for instance, a letter, a very delicate balance is Ii8 HOW TO AMUSE. required; and as such we recommend to…
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