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
but if it be struck sharplywith the ruler, taking care to give aperfectly horizontal blow, it may beknocked from the pile, leaving theremainder upright. 3. Suspend a small stick by oneend from a string several feet long.If the stick be pushed slowly bya heavier stick, it will simplyswing; but if… … Experiment 4. oneof these threads. If the other bepulled slowly, straight downward,the upper string will break ; but if itbe jerked suddenly, the lower onewill break. 5. Fix a needle at each end of abroomstick, and support it by rest-ing the needles on the edges of twowine-glasses, which stand on…
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