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Simple Machines at the Amusement Park (Amusement Park Science)

Tammy Enz

It's time to go to the amusement park! Giant rides loom around you, and countless parts are in motion. But many simple machines are at work too. See the Ferris wheel? That's a wheel and axle. Try your luck at skee-ball. You're using an inclined plane. Find out more about the simple machines behind t...

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It was mentioned as the first book to feature the Humpty Dumpty rhyme in 1797, with a slightly different third line.

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I think the first time the rhyme itself was in a book, it was in 1797 in Juvenile Amusement by Samuel Arnold and the third line instead of all the king's horses and all the king's men, it said four sc...

— Episode: Short Stuff: Humpty Dumpty

Episode: Short Stuff: Humpty Dumpty

It was mentioned as the first book to feature the Humpty Dumpty rhyme in 1797, with a slightly different third line.

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I think the first time the rhyme itself was in a book, it was in 1797 in Juvenile Amusement by Samuel Arnold and the third line instead of all the king's horses and all the king's men, it said four score men and four score more.

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