Our boys; what they can do and how to do it (1893)
Stoddart, William, [from old catalog] comp · New York, Hunt & Eaton; Cincinnati, Cranston & Curts · leaf 197
completed (Fig. 4). Did you ever see a farmer in the following manner preparehis grain for the fair? Taking handfuls of wheat, he sends itfrom him with a whirling motion. Where on the floor, near byor farther away, can he gather the heaviest grains? In thefanning mill which is flung farther, the… … Fig. 5. String a glass flask or round bottle, large at its sides. Intro-duce into the flask a little water and quicksilver, or, if thelatter cannot be obtained, a few shot will serve. Twist, eitherwith the fingers or a wheel, the string and give the flask a rapidmotion. The heavy quicksilver forms…
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