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                                      Knot DIssolving Tube
                                        Here is something really fourth~
                                      dimensional. A fantastic tube that
                                      dissolves knots inserted into it!
                                        To prove the tube's special proper~
                                      ties, you take a light rope and tie a
                                      simple Overhand Knot around the
                                      outside of the tube, in such a manner
                                      that the left end ("A") is the upper
                                      end, and the right end ("B") is the
                                      lower end (fig. 1).
                                        Bring the right strand of the rope a
                                      few inches downward hold it against
                                      the tube with the left thumb while
                                      you carry the right end of the rope
                                      clear around the tube with the right
                                      hand. You then tie another knot, just
                                      like the first,  using end "B" in the
                                      process.
                                        Bring the right end downward
                                      again, and hold the rope with the left
                                      thumb while the right hand carries its
                                      end ("S") around the tube and ties a
                                      third knot. This is near the lower end
  A                                   of the tube and the rope end ("B")
                                      now dangles free  (fig. 2).
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