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" I saw the spring box, with part of the chain round it ; and asked him what it was that made the box turn round ? He told me that it was turned round by a steel spring within it. Having then never seen any other spring than that of my father's... "
Ferguson's Lectures on Select Subjects, in Mechanics, Hydrostatics ... - Page xxvi
by James Ferguson - 1814
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A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, Volume 5

Robert Chambers - Scotland - 1854 - 364 pages
...the chain round it, and asked him what it was that made the box turn round ; he told me that it was turned round by a steel spring within it. Having then...that the spring was long and thin, that one end of it wağ fastened to the axis of the box, and the other end to the inside of the box, that the axis was...
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Reading lessons, ed. by E. Hughes, Book 1

Edward Hughes - 1855 - 472 pages
...the chain round it, and asked him what it was that made the box turn round. He told me that it was turned round by a steel spring within it. Having then never seen any other spring but that of my father's gunlock, I asked how a spring within a box could turn the box so often round...
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The American Encyclopedia of History, Biography and Travel, Comprising ...

William O. Blake - Biography - 1856 - 1122 pages
...the chain round it, *ğ asked him what it was that made the box turn round ; he told me thf it was turned round by a steel spring within it. Having then...that the spring was long and thin, that one end of i' ğM fastened to the axis of the box, and the other end to the inside of the box ; that the axis...
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The Popular Educator, Volume 1

1856 - 422 pages
...stee spring within it. Having then seen no other spring than tha of my father's gun-lock, I asked him how a spring within a box could turn the box so often...the chain upon it ? He answered, that the spring was lone and thin that one end of it was fastened to the axis of the box, and the other end to the inside...
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Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also Lives of Distinguished ...

Henry Howe - Technology & Engineering - 1858 - 526 pages
...it was that made the box turn round ? He told me that it was turned round by a steel spring witliin it. Having then never seen any other spring than that...a box could turn the box so often round as to wind aH the chain upon it ? He answered, that the spring was long and thin ; that one end of it was fastened...
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Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Its Pleasures and Rewards ..., Volume 1

George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1858 - 300 pages
...the chain around, it and asked him what it was that made the box turn round. He told me that it was turned round by a steel spring within it. Having then never seen any other spring than that of my fathers gun-lock, I asked how a spring within a box could turn the box so often round as to wind all...
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Success in Life: A Book for Young Men

1858 - 348 pages
...what it was that made the box turn round. He told me that it turned round by a steel spring within it. I asked how a spring within a box could turn the box so ao to wind all the chain about it ; this he fully explained. I thanked the gentleman, and told him...
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Men who have made themselves [by J. McGilchrist].

John McGilchrist - 1860 - 406 pages
...the chain round it ; and asked him what it was that made the box turn, round t He told me that it was turned round by a steel spring within it. Having then...never seen any other spring than that of my father's gun-locks, I asked how a spring within a box could turn the box so often round as to wind all the chain...
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The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik]. Continuation

George Lillie Craik - 1865 - 594 pages
...the chain round it; and asked him what it was that made the box turn round? He told me that it was turned round by a steel spring within it. Having then...spring than that of my father's gun-lock, I asked him how a spring within a box could turn the box so often round as to wind all the chain upon it ?...
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The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties

George Lillie Craik - Biography - 1865 - 590 pages
...the chain round it ; and asked him what it was that made the box turn round? He told me that it was turned round by a steel spring within it. Having then...spring than that of my father's gun-lock, I asked him how a spring within a box could turn the box so often round as to wind all the chain upon it? He...
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