THE FLOATING PIN
Can you placo a pin on water in such a way that it will stay there instead' of sinking to the bottom. Try it first atul if you don't succeed borrow a slip of the paper father uses when ho makes himself a cigarotto (letting him know that it won't be any good when ho gets it back). Place the paper on the water, put tho pin gently on the paper, put a hopeful smile on your face and watch, if you have dono everything correctly tho paper will soon sink and the pin will float! It is better to use a bowl than a glass for this littlo trick.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22444, 13 June 1936, Page 9 (Supplement)
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113THE FLOATING PIN New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22444, 13 June 1936, Page 9 (Supplement)
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