The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art, Volume 18

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Gould, Kendall, and Lincoln, 1868
 

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Pagina 168 - I may stand at a distance of 20 yards from this flame : the dropping of a sixpence from a height of a couple of inches into a hand already containing coin, knocks the flame down. I cannot walk across the floor without affecting the flame. The creaking of my boots sets it in violent commotion. The crumpling of a bit of paper, or the rustle of a silk dress, does the same. It is startled by the plashing of a raindrop. I speak to the...

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