The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 111
he waterwill be heated. The water abovethe ice may thus be boiled while theice remains unmelted. The reasonis that the water is a poor conductorof heat. If the ice be above theplace where the heat is applied, theexperiment does not succeed, becausehot water, being lighter than cold,ascends and… … Manner of Holding Book. circle, goes to any player and seizingthat players book attempts to raphis knuckles, which the holder of thebook tries to avoid by pulling backhis hands quickly. If the book-binder succeed in this, the playerwhose knuckles he raps changesplaces with him ; otherwise, he re-…
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