Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 719
nd lower arms. A BALL-VANE IN A BASKET. An odd wind-indicator is shown in Fig. 13.It consists of a flat basket, 24 inches in diame-ter, with a rim 6 inches high, made of wire cloth, inside of whicha silk or cottoncovered ball ofwire is blown tothe side of thebasket and keptthere by thewind. The… … The ball, which is made of wire hoops andfastened together with fine light spring brasswires, can be from 4 to 6 inches in diameter.It is covered with silk or thin muslin in themanner in which a base-ball is covered withleather. The ball must be perfectly round. A MERRY-GO-ROUND. Double sets of…
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