Tie a cord to the pedal of a bicycle, such pedal to be the one that
is the nearer to the ground, and, standing behind the back wheel,
pull the cord, when, strange as it appears, the machine will come
towards you, although everyone would first imagine that the bicycle
would move forward. How is this?
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One ought to have dates at one’s finger ends seeing they grow upon
the palms.