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The Star games, tricks and puzzles (1893)

Star publishing company, Jersey City, N.J. [from old catalog] · Jersey City, N.J., Star publishing company · leaf 27

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simplicity of the arrange-ment, and demonstrates how easy it is to form an old mans face. 21 STABBING A PENNY. Doesnt it seem impossible to bore a needle through a penny, particu-lEirly if the former is very fine ? Yet this is a simple task and is accom-plished in the following manner : The needle… … shown in the accompanying illustration. The cork is placed on top of thepenny and hammered hard with a small tack hammer. As the cork pre-vents the needle from springing sideways, the latter cannot fail to pierce thepenny, or any other coin of the same thickness, the steel of which the needleis…

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