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.
Cameleon Spirit 23
Camera Obscura, to construct 16
Camphor, electrified 100
Candle lighted by electricity 84
Bombs 84
Card, divining 107
numerical 108
hit upon by guess 109
found by the Point of a Sword 109
changed by Word of Command 109
in the Ring 112
in the Mirror 113
in the Opera-glass 113
discovered by the throw of a Die 115
under the Handkerchief 117
to tell that a person has touched 117
in the Pocket-book 118
in the Egg 118
discovered by the Touch or Smell 119
Cards, magnetic 71
Amusements with 101
Points on three, to name, &c. 101
to tell how many taken from a Pack 102
to name several fixed on 104
to name the Rank of, drawn from a Piquet Pack 104
to tell the Numbers of any two 105
three 106
four confederate 108
to separate the two Colours of a Pack of, at one Cut 114
metamorphosed 114
Number of, told by their Weight 116
to change, that several persons have drawn from the
Pack 116
inverted 119
transmutable 119
convertible 120
Cascade, magical 50
musical 148
of fire, to represent 151
Cement, never-yielding 37
Changes on twelve Bells 58
Charcoal for Fire-works 164
Chase, magic 88
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