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ENDLESS AMUSEMENT: - A COLLECTION OF NEARLY 400 ENTERTAINING EXPERIMENTS - IN VARIOUS BRANCHES OF SCIENCE; - INCLUDING - ACOUSTICS, ELECTRICITY, MAGNETISM, ARITHMETIC, HYDRAULICS, MECHANICS, CHEMISTRY, HYDROSTATICS, OPTICS; WONDERS OF THE AIR-PUMP; - ALL THE POPULAR TRICKS AND CHANGES OF THE CARDS, &c., &c. - TO WHICH IS ADDED, A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF PYROTECHNY; OR, THE ART OF MAKING FIRE-WORKS. - THE WHOLE SO CLEARLY EXPLAINED AS TO BE WITHIN THE REACH OF THE MOST LIMITED CAPACITY. - With Illustrations. - FROM THE SEVENTH LONDON EDITION. - PHILADELPHIA: LEA AND BLANCHARD. 1847.
ENDLESS AMUSEMENT. - To produce Fire by the Mixture of two cold Liquids.
The Exploding Bubble.
The Magic Picture.
Artificial Lightning.
Artificial Thunder.
Another way.
Money augmented by an Optical Illusion.
Three objects discernible only with both Eyes.
To construct the Camera Obscura.
Full title
Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments in Various Branches of Science; Including Acoustics, Electricity, Magnetism, Arithmetic, Hydraulics, Mechanics, Chemistry, Hydrostatics, Optics; Wonders of the Air-Pump; All the Popular Tricks and Changes of the Cards, &c., &c. to Which is Added, a Complete System of Pyrotechny; Or, the Art of Making Fire-works. A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments in Various Branches of Science; Including Acoustics, Electricity, Magnetism, Arithmetic, Hydraulics, Mechanics, Chemistry, Hydrostatics, Optics; Wonders of the Air-Pump; All the Popular Tricks and Changes of the Cards, &c., &c. to Which is Added, a Complete System of Pyrotechny; Or, the Art of Making Fire-works.
Language
en
Duration
~7 hours (421K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2010-05-23
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
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