Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 391
sleeves,—his arms bare, and his face andyellow hair covered with dust and cobwebs. Therewas a look of annoyance and impatience on hisface as he peered into the darkness. What do you want? he asked, gruffly.This is Robert Temple, the new boy, saidPhilip. He is interested in physics, and I wantto… … with a work-bench, and supplied with various tools.Parts of curious machines were lying in everycorner: in one, great wings of whalebone andsteel springs; in another, complicated arrange-ments of wheels connected together. There wasa clock on the wall, which ran by electricity, andthere were…
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