Identifier: stnicholasserial31dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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upper one. These needle trianglesare not shown in Fig. 3, and are really not ab-solutely necessary. Then, to avoid any chanceof friction, he sharpened the lower end of theknitting-needle with coarse sandpaper. Thisdone he lowered the point of the knitting-needledown to the opening in the horizontal cardboardstrip, pressed the point of it exactly through thecenter of the cork wheel, and lowered it againuntil the sharp tip rested on the glass negative.Nothing remained but to connect the cork wheeland the paper-flanged wheel of the other en-gine with a piece of thread hanging ratherloosely, as shown in picture. 1904.) TOMS SUNSHINE ENGINE. 589 And now, if the sun would only shine ! Tomsengine stood right in front of the large southwindow, a gem of careful workmanship, but asmotionless as though it were never intended to and then unconsciously reached out his hand asthough groping for invisible threads. I 11 give it up, he said after a few minutes. Tell me, tell me, what does make it go ?
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move. The clouds still scudded rapidly north-ward as the boy hurried to school the nextmorning, and not a sign could he detect ofclearing weather. I say, Tom, why did you stop in the middleof that reading lesson, exclaimed Harry Baker,after school, and right in the middle of a sen-tence, too ? Well, you come along with me, and I 11show you why I stopped, retorted Tom, some-what nettled at having so much fun poked athim ; only hurry up, he added on reachingthe lower steps, fori am going to run. Runthey did, and in an incredibly short time Tomhad thrown open the door of his sunny room. But what makes it go, Tom, what makes itgo ? repeated Harry Baker, excitedly, as theygazed on the remarkable piece of mechanism. What do you think makes it go ? saidTom, proudly, and with a slight air of mystery. Harry scratched his head and tried to solvethe puzzle. He looked first on one side of theengine, then on the other, then under the table, Sunlight! shouted Tom, whose exuberancenow burst forth in

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