Books with author William J Wayne

An old legend provides the clues for this delightful treasure hunt in the Yorkshire dales. The seekers are Nan and Mary from the farm, Peter from the inn, and Adam Forrest, the head boy from Nan's school. The first clue is concealed in the old sideboard at the inn and the last somewhere inside a hill; but the one that seems most important is a unicorn. Adam is too old to bother with unicorns and thinks he can uncover the mystery using science. Mary is too young to be concerned with science and calls on the fairies for help, and prepares a grass rope so that she can catch the unicorn properly. Whether the treasure is at last discovered by science or by magic is told in this absorbing book by William Mayne.First published in 1957, A Grass Rope was awarded the Carnegie Medal for that year.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1768 edition. Excerpt: ...Defg paffing through the points A and B, to revolve, or turn about the line Ab as an axis, till it falls upon the point c, and there remains at reft. Now the points A, B, C are in the plain Defg.-above Therefore, the lines Ab, Bc, Ca are alfo in the plain Defg-------6 Confequentjy, the three fides of any plain triangle, are ia one plain.: 248. Corollary. Aplain niill pafs through any two /trait lines which meet each ether. 2 249. The Let the plains Ab, Cd cut one another in E and r, and join Ef; then the ftrait line Ef is their commoa iedion. For the points e and F being in the plain Ab, the itrait line E F will agree with the faid plain--6 By the fame reafon, the line Ef will agree with the plain Cd--------Th. the ftrait line Ef muft be their common fe&ion. Remark. If marry plains pa/s thro two points B and F, tit ftrait line if is the common Jeclion of them all.,,.4 t 1 f 153' 3 2JO. If a flrait line ftands at right dngfeito (wo Jirait lines cutting one another, at the point of feBient it will he perpendicular to the plain in which thoje lines are Jituate.-. F „ Let the line Ef (land at right angles to the lines Ab, co cutting each other in E; then Ef is perpendicular to the plain Acbd. For take Ea, Ec, Eb, Ed equal to one another, join Att, Cb, draw Geh at pleafure meeting Ad, Cb in p and H, and join Fa, Fg, Fd, Fb, Fh, Fc. Now Ea, Ed, Eb, Ec are equal--con. And the contained angles Aed, Bec are equal-70 Th. the angle Gae--Ebh, and Ad--Ec--62 But the angle Aeg = Beh----79' Therefore---AO = Bh, and Ge = Eh--77 2. The angles Fea,'fed, Feb, Fec are equal-54. Th. Fa, Fd, Fb, Fc are equal-62 Th. the angles Fad, Fbc are equal-'-66 3. The fides Fa, Ag are equal to Fb, Bh each to each above And the contained angles Fag, Fbh are...