The boy's own book; a complete encylopedia of all the diversion, athletic, scientific and recreative, of boyhood and youth. (1834)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838, McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) · Boston, Munroe and Francis; New York, C. S. Francis, 1834. · leaf 224
lo make this puzzle, it is only necessary to cut a thin piece of wood into ~ the shape of a heart, to make six holes in it, as represented in the annexed cut, and provide a thin silken cord, which is to be doubied, and the twe ends fastened mto a small wooden ball. To play the ball on, pass the… … over the ball ; then ‘draw. the loop vack again trough the same hole, and the ball ani the string will come off. Care should be taken to aveid twisting or entangling the string. The length of the string should be proportione: d to the size of the heart ; if you make the heart two inches and a half…
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