Hoffmann, Professor, 1839-1919 · London : Frederick Warne · leaf 368
, being of wood, the cookdares not drive them in any nearer to the fire. The onlyappliances at his command are four pieces of hoop-iron, asshown, in length a little less than the distance from uprightto upright. With these he is required to form a support forhis stewpan. How does he manage it ? No.… … Fig. 477. planks or girders, not long enough to reach from uprightto upright.* Required, with these materials to construct a bridge frompoint to point. No. XL—The Two Corks. Take two wine-bottle corks, and hold them as shown inFig. 478—viz., each laid transversely across the fork of thethumb. Now…
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