Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 574
d that a circle will cover a bigger area thanany other boundary of the same length. I tookcareful measurements during the operation andhere is the way the pipe behaved. Mr. Thorpe exhibited a sketch like that repro-duced on page 349. First it had a regular Usection; then it broadened out so that… … THE CLOCK FAIRY When Ellen went to thepiano to practise her lesson,she always looked first at thegrandfathers clock thatstood in the corner of theroom, because she knew thatshe must work on her lessonfor an hour. The clockseemed to go very slowly;much more so when theweather was fine and…
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