Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 105
pendthrift oftime; and day after day and month after month,this small cousin of the whale just gambolsthrough the water and frolics away its existence.It never gives time a single thought. Just thesame, but for this sportive creature of the sea,our watches would have a sorry task in living upto… … EVERY di;tail of the tiny pleasuke-kesokt operates by eeectricitv. I9I4-] •NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNC FOLKS 657 between moving parts. A good watcli wont rnnproperly unless oiled with the most refined lubri-cant, and the oil must have qualities not foundin the usual run of its relatives. A…
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