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CONTENTS
The Pile of Draughtsmen.
The Decanter, Card, and Coin.
A Clever Blow.
The Obedient Coin.
To Cut a String With Your Hands.
The Rebound.
A Fiery Catapult.
To Make an Exact Balance.
The Recomposition of Light.
The Mysterious Apple.
Economical Letter-Scales.
Tracing a Spiral.
The Inclined Plane.
To Cut a Bottle With a String.
Equilibrium of a Knife in Mid-Air.
A Trick With Four Matches.
The Distance of an Inaccessible Point.
Practical Tracing of a Meridian Line.
To Measure the Height of a Mountain.
To Take Up Four Knives with One.
The Tack in the Ceiling.
The Jumping Pea.
To Acquire a True Eye.
The Air-Tight Stopper.
The Fusee Rocket.
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