The model book of dreams, fortune teller, and epitome of parlor entertainments (1864)
Temple, Henry. [from old catalog], Ottley, Cordelia M., [from old catalog] joint author · Cincinnati, J. R. Hawley & co. · leaf 241
THE BALANCED STICK. Get a piece of wood six inches in length andabout half an inch in thickness; and, near oneend of it thrust in the blades of two pen-knives, in such a manner, that one of them in-cline to one side, and the second to the other,as delineated in the illustration. Place theother end… … 238 LEGERDEMAIN. without falling; and even if it incline to one side, it will in-stantly recover its perpendicular position, being, in reality,kept in equipoise by the weight of the knives. THE LITTLE BALANCER. A little figure may be made on the principles of the fore-going trick, so as to balance…
Dreams · Fortune-telling · Amusements
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