Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 395
UP HE WENT, SPINNING LIKE A TOP. again, the knife remained suspended in mid-airat a distance of six feet from him. I cant understand it at all, said William,considerably puzzled. Of course, I know itwont fall toward me as fast as a knife usually 38o THROUGH THE EARTH. [Mar. falls to the ground, but… … HE HELD OUT THIS WEIGHT AT ARM S LENGTH. weigh at least a trillion times as much as I do:hence, if it took a second for the knife to fall tothe ground, it would take—a trillion seconds forit to fall toward me. Ah, Now goes me a light up! as our German professor used to say. A trillion seconds…
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