Hoffmann, Professor, 1839-1919 · London : Frederick Warne · leaf 39
their proper positions, slight indentations being made toreceive them. No. XXIV.—The Balance Puzzle. This (see Fig. 23) is a puzzle of a rather novel kind, and,of its class, of more than average merit. It consists of alittle brass dish, a couple of inches in diameter, with glasstop, enclosing two… … Fig. 23. pivot in the centre is a tiny brass bar, stamped into aminute cup or hollow at each end, and forming a balance. The task of the experimenter is to get the two pellets torest one in each scale, a work of considerable difficulty,inasmuch as the merest touch disturbs the equilibrium ofthe…
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