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 574
n it is done sud-denly the objects often prefer tobreak or give way, rather than passthe motion along, though it seemseasier to do the latter. I. Place a silver dollar on a visit-ing card, the edge of the card pro-jecting half an inch beyond the edgeof the table. If the card is movedgradually, it… … Experiment 2. 2. Pile about ten checkers one onanother. If one in the middle ofthe pile be pushed slowly with theedge of a ruler, the pile will be over-turned ; but if it be struck sharplywith the ruler, taking care to give aperfectly horizontal blow, it may beknocked from the pile, leaving…
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