Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 602
If one had a series of weights, each not muchover five pounds, what a grand total the littlehorseshoe could lift in a series of repeatedefforts, each effort being at its limit of power! THE WATER-CHESTNUTS New York, N. Y.Dear St. Nicholas : I thought you might be interestedin these curious nuts… … A magnet pulling five pounds. Try it. You will be surprised to see how manypounds merely a little toy magnet can pull. THE WATER-CHESTNUTS FROM THE CONCORD RIVER. the house where I used to live in Concord, Massachusetts.They grow near the shore in about three or four feet ofwater, with roots in the…
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