A PAPER FISH THAT SWIMS.
Take a piece of note-paper ‘and cut from it a fish, having a narrow channel, B, running from the tail and ending (about half-way through the fish) in a round hole. A, as shown in the accompanying illustration:—
Having filled a basin, or anything handy, with water lay the fish flat on it. Then take a mateh-stick and dip it in some fresh (not cloggy) oil. Hold the stick over the fish and let a drop of oil fall into the hole A, and, heigh presto! the fish will swim slowly forward. The explanation is simple. When oil touches water it does not remain in one spot, but spreads itself out. When the oil is dropped in at the hole A. it is only able to spread in one direction—viz., through the channel B, and out at the tail of the fish; and the oil rushing through the channel propels the fish forward, in the same way that a boat is sent forward by plying the oar towards its stern.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIII, Issue XX, 11 November 1899, Page 894
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175A PAPER FISH THAT SWIMS. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIII, Issue XX, 11 November 1899, Page 894
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