Dogwood and persimmon trees provide wood for many uses: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bulletin No. 1436-D

• Book ID: 104126792
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1927
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 65 KB
• Volume: 203
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-0032
• DOI: 10.1016/s0016-0032(27)91183-1

✦ Synopsis

PORTRAIT. [J. F. I, old clock. Cut off a piece about four inches long and bring it to me with a piece of beeswax you will find in the drawer of the work bench.' I quickly did this. Doctor Sellers bent the spring into a bow, fastened a little piece of beeswax in the middle, pressed it down on the spot where the inventor had previously placed his magnet, and up popped the mitred piece of steel, causing quite a sensation. The inventor was evidently chagrined, for he picked up his loek and walked out.

" Doctor Sellers explained that by the aid of the magnifying glass he detected at once the mitred piece of steel, and took a chance that the beeswax would stick and the spring would be strong enough to raise.the piece from its seat .... "