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Excerpt from Life and Letters of John Bacchus Dykes, M.A., Mus; Doc;, Vicar of St. Oswald's, Durham I am bringing home a friend who plays the comet in our band, and rejoices in the very uncommon name of Thomson. He is a great friend of mine, and a very nice fellow, indeed, and, what is more, a most gentlemanly man. The friend came, and delighted his hosts with his simple, good-natured kindliness. They have a lively recollection of how he made a ying machine with umbrella whalebones, persuaded an egg to stand alone, and performed wonderful experiments, besides joining in the family concerts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."