 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1859 - 618 pages
...senses of his son, as well as his own, to the requisite rapidity : " I took a domino, the cinq-quatcr for instance, and laid it before him. Instead of letting...glance four dominoes, the day after six, and thus we at.length were enabled to give instantaneously the product of a dozen dominoes. "This result obtained,... | |
 | 1859 - 736 pages
...exercise we were going to learn, I took a domino, the cinq-quatcr for instance, and laid it hefore film. Instead of letting him count the points of the two...a single glance four dominoes, the day after six, aud thus at length were enabled to give instantaneously the product of a dozen dominoes. " This result... | |
 | 1859 - 620 pages
...to tell me the total at once. " « Nine,' he said. " Then I added another domino, the quatcrtray. " 'That makes sixteen,' he said, without any hesitation....glance four dominoes, the day after six, and thus we at.length were enabled to give instantaneously the product of a dozen dominoes. " This result obtained,... | |
 | Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin - 1860 - 448 pages
...boy to tell me the total at once. "Nine," he said. Then I added another domino, the quarter-tray. " That makes sixteen," he said, without any hesitation....I stopped the first lesson here ; the next day we sucseeded in counting at a single glance four dominoes, the day after six, and thus we at length were... | |
 | David Kay - 1888 - 388 pages
...boy to tell me the total at once. 'Nine,' he said. Then I added another domino, the quater-troy. ' That makes sixteen,' he said without any hesitation....product of a dozen dominoes." This result obtained, they proceeded to apply themselves to more difficult tasks. In this way one may soon learn to remember... | |
 | David Kay - 1888 - 374 pages
...boy to tell me the total at once. 'Nine,' he said. Then I added another domino, the quater-troy. ' That mak'es sixteen," he said without any hesitation....product of a dozen dominoes." This result obtained, they proceeded to apply themselves to more difficult tasks. In this way one may soon learn to remember... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - 1888 - 338 pages
...requested him to tell me the total at once. "' Nine,' he said. " Then I added another domino, the 4—3. "' That makes sixteen,' he said without any hesitation....lesson here; the next day we succeeded in counting at a glance four dominoes; the day after, six; and thus at length we were enabled to give instantaneously... | |
 | M. Robert-Houdin - 2006 - 70 pages
...the boy to tell me the total at once. "Nine," he said. Then I added another domino, the quarter-tray. "That makes sixteen," he said, without any hesitation....give instantaneously the product of a dozen dominoes. month. My son and I passed rapidly before a toyshop, or any other displaying a variety of wares, and... | |
 | Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1880 - 564 pages
...him to tell me the total at once. " < Nine,' he said. " Then I added another domino, the 4 — 3. " ' That makes sixteen,' he said without any hesitation....the first lesson here ; the next day we succeeded hi counting at a glance four dominoes ; the day after, six : and thus at length we were enabled to... | |
| |
I took a domino, the cinq-quater for instance, and laid it before him. Instead of letting him count the points of the two numbers, I requested the boy to tell me the total at once. « Nine, 