Star publishing company, Jersey City, N.J. [from old catalog] · Jersey City, N.J., Star publishing company · leaf 25
portion which is saturated withsalt, appearing to be suspended in a very remarkable manner, as in Fig. 2. 19 THE BALANCED COIN. This engraving represents what seems to be an astounding statement,namely, that a quarter or other piece of money, can be made to spin on thepoint of a needle. To perform… … cork, as seen in the engraving, and, placing the edge of the coin on theneedle, it will spin round without falling oif. The reason is this : that theweight of the forks, projecting as they do much below the coin, being thecentre of gravity of the arrangement much below the point of suspension,or…
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