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IN the very interesting life of Clerk Maxwell which has lately appeared there are frequent references to a philosophical toy, from which he seemed to derive endless amusement. He calls it the “devil on two sticks.” Can you give your readers any account of it? The editors take it for granted that the apparatus is well known, but I cannot find any one here who can tell me what it is.
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LANE, D. Clerk Maxwell's “Devil on Two Sticks”. Nature 28, 104 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/028104c0
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