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ng directly down upon the hand could possibly detect its presence.1 " Now I dare say you are thinking to yourselves that this is a rather expensive experiment. I know the gen- tleman who lent me the half-crown is thinking so. And so it would be, if the coin was altogether lost. Fortunately,… … Fig. 202. top of the wick. That is the coin, in a state of fusion. I take it out, so" [he nips the top of the flame with finger and thumb]. "Here it is, you see! What! you don't see? Perhaps not, just at first, but you will as the metal begins to cool. It soon solidifies. Here is your half-crown,…
