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 743
sufficientspeed it rises high in the air, fromthe action of the vanes, which workin the same way as the screw pro-peller of a steamer. Fly-Fly. A form of flying top inwhich the force is derived froma twisted rubber band. The flyer orcap holding the vanes turns freelyon the spindle, and a thick… … Fly-Fly.—Fig-. I. ing up the beam A A, which is guard-ed by a slot in one of the uprights.Magnetic Top. Atop consistingof a flat disk of iron pierced in themiddle by an axle, pointed at oneend. When it is spun like any oth-er top and a magnet is presented toit, the top avoids the magnet, be-ing…
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