A "REEL" SURPRISE.
' ■ ■" ..'. :..■.'.'. • - •'. ■ .■■•-':'■•'■ ■■ . ' j>' There is a simple trick you may test for yourself-with any cotton reel, "the result of which will surprise you. Place -*». reel of ootton in the position shown in the illustration; and unwind a few
inches of threat!. Now, if you pull tho thread tfontly towards you one would oxpecr, the reel to unwind.> This is r.ot, the case, however, for instead of unwinding the reel will revolve forward and the thread will wind up. In order to msuro the success of" this experiment, the thread should be unbound near the centre of the reel.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12765, 17 June 1911, Page 11 (Supplement)
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99A "REEL" SURPRISE. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12765, 17 June 1911, Page 11 (Supplement)
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