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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. — John Shaqi

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

Bacchus, animated                                               81
  Ball, electrified                                               97
        electric                                                  99
  Balloon, artificial                                             81
           electric                                               96
           Cases in Fire-works                                   184
  Balloons, Paper, to construct                                   42
            in Fire-works, to load with Stars, Serpents, &c.     184
  Balls, dancing                                                  93
  Barley, the Awn of, an Hydrometer                              157
  Bell, magic                                                     79
  Bladder, exploded                                               80
           cemented                                               81
  Blue, to change to White                                        35
  Bodies, two inodorous, become pungent by Mixture               145
  Body, combustible, to ignite by reflection                      57
  Bottle, magic                                                   48
          enchanted                                               59
  Bronzing, the Art of                                           133
  Bubble, exploding                                               13
  Bubbles, aërial                                                 78
  Burning-glasses, account of two                                 32
  Busts, talking                                                  61
  Butterflies, to take Impressions of on Paper                   134

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