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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.Unknown

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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.

Name: 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.
Author: Unknown

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Card tricks; Fireworks; Magic tricks; Science -- Experiments; Scientific recreations

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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.




CONTENTS.


                                                                Page
  Aces, the convertible                                          117
  Æolipiles                                                       60
  Aigrettes                                                      185
  Air-pump                                                        77
    bottles broken by                                             77
    glass broken by                                               77
    hand fixed by                                                 77
    water boiled by                                               78
    bubbles, vegetable                                            78
    electrified                                                   98
  Alarum                                                         147
  Alphabet, changes of, in square Yards                           59
  Apparition, armed                                              126
  Atmosphere, to show the Pressure of                            137
  Aurora Borealis, electric                                       91

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