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 498
the players choose. Itshould be played rapidly. MERCURY-BUBBLES. Pour intoa large tumbler a layer of mercuryabout half an inch thick, and placeit under a water faucet, from whichwater issues athigh pressure.The glass firstfills, and thenlittle balls ofmercury areseen floatingabout in it.These balls… … MERCURY FOUNTAIN 490 MICROPHONE necessary that the water shouldissue from the faucet with forceenough to carry it down to the mer-cury through the water in the tum-bler. Bubbles can also be blown on thesurface of mercury under water byblowing through a glass tube filledwith water, whose end is just…
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