Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 358
so as to bring itscenter of area directly under the point. 344 SIMPLE SCIENXE FOR SIMPLE SIMONS. 345 THE POWER OF A BREATH. In order to show what force, not figuratively,but actually, a breath has, take a good, stout,tight paper bag, and laying it on the edge of atable so that its mouth projects,… … blowing in the bag, keeping the mouth tight inthe bag so that no air can escape, the up-right book will be tilted and raised and thestructure overthrown. It would, of course, beimpossible to blow the book over without theaid of the bag. THE PAPER FISH. Cut a fish out of stout writing-paper, and…
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