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 113
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 our read-ers our new broomstick letter-weighing machine.Cut off the end of an ordinary broom-handle, to alength of about ten inches, and plunge it into… … visiting card. This will form the tray or scale ofthe apparatus—and behold your weighing-machine, complete. All that remains to be doneis to graduate it. Place on the scale a one-ounceweight, note how far the stick sinks, and markthereon, with a very black pencil, the point whereit meets the…
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