The magician's own book, or The whole art of conjuring (1862)
Arnold, George, 1834-1865, Cahill, Frank · New York, Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 293
are pieces of wood ;mix them together, and request a person to make an exactsquare with them. 30. CUTTING OUT A CROSS. How can be cut out of a single piece of paper, and with D£l one cut of the scissors, a perfect cross, and all the otherforms as shown in the cuts ? DH U 1^ 31. ANOTHER CROSS… … It is required to bring the water from e to d, from o to B, PRACTICAL PARADOXES AND PUZZLES. 277 and from f to c, without one crossing the other, or passingoutside of the wall a. 33. THE PUZZLE OF THE STARS. Friends one and all, I pray you showHow you mne stars would so bestow,Ten rows to form—in…
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