Popular amusements for in and out of doors, embracing nine books in one volume (1902)
Mustain, Nelle M · [Chicago?] · leaf 387
is easy to knock over two such heavyvolumes as shown in the figure. AMUSING TRICK WITH FIRE. SOAK a piece of linen thread in astrong solution of salt (two table-spoonfuls of water to one tablespoonful ofsalt). Take it out and let it dry, repeat-ing this three or four times before you areready for… … a light ring from the thread; set fire tothe thread and burn it up. The ring willstay suspended although the thread isburnt. This experiment must be executed FUN FOR ALL 330 with great care, as a fine fiber of salt sus-pends the ring, instead of the burntthread, and the least bit of draft or…
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