Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 324
ets and the moon. Then he took me out upon the lawnand showed me a tall tree, and explained how bytrigonometry I could tell the height of the tree.Thereupon I made myself a little quadrant out ofa shingle, and proceeded to measure the height ofthe trees and houses around me. Though the… … 268 School and College Days of time for outdoor exercise. With my brothers andcousins I learned to ride on horseback with and with-out a saddle, to swim, to skate, to make bows andarrows and slings, and shoot with them, and to practiceall the other athletic sports which boys love. Wewent to find…
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