Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 240
er of the mass of waterbecomes less, in accordance with a well-knownmechanical principle which is called the con-servation of angular momentum. Any rotatingbody which suddenly becomes larger goes slower;if it becomes smaller it goes faster. A CHICKEN MOTHER Here is an interesting letter from one of… … THE FAITHFUL CHICKEN MOTHER. The little pultet was equal to the occasion and took the place of themother brood of chickens. I do not recollect how many, as it isperhaps forty years ago, but I do recollect that when thechicks were only a few days old they all disappeared saveone. The mother, as if…
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