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 55
efingers, suc-cessively ; theother fingers,the nose, thechin, and on anyother parts ofthe body theymay agree upon.He who scoresmost points isthe winner.Skilled balanc-ers, who make a profession of ex-hibiting their powers, performmany wonderful feats. The Jap-anese are especially skillful.… … Ancient Balancer. BALANCINC EXPERIMENTSAND TOYS. These all depend onthe principle that if the center ofgravity of a body be below its pointof support it cannot be overturned.I. Stick two penknives in a lead
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