Magic tricks -- Juvenile literature; Scientific recreations -- Juvenile literature
Metals unequally influenced by Heat 68
Spontaneous Combustion 69
Inequality of Heat in Fire irons 69
Expansion of Metal by Heat 69
Evaporation of a Metal 69
A Floating Metal on Fire 70
Heat and Cold from Flannel 70
Ice melted by Air 70
To hold a hot Tea-kettle on the Hand 70
Incombustible Linen 71
The Burning Circle 71
Water of different Temperatures in the same Vessel 71
Warmth of different Colours 71
Substitute for Fire 72
Gas and Steam.
Laughing Gas 75
The Luminous Wand 76
To make Carbonic Acid Gas 76
Carbonic Acid Gas in Wine or Beer Vessels 76
To extinguish Flame with Gas 77
Effect of Hydrogen on the Voice 77
Magic Taper 78
The Gas Candle 78
Gas Bubbles 78
Gas-light in the day-time 79
Miniature Balloons 79
Miniature Gas-lighting 79
Musical Gas 80
Miniature Will o’-the-wisp 81
Phosphoric Illumination 81
Combustion of Iron in Oxygen Gas 81
Glow-worm in Oxygen Gas 82
Luminous Charcoal 82
Brilliant Combustion in Oxygen 82
Flame from Cold Metals 83
Phosphorus in Chlorine 83
Caoutchouc Balloons 84
To increase the Light of Coal Gas 84
Gas from Indian Rubber 84
Ether Gas 85
Magic Vapour 85
Gas from the union of Metals 85
Invisible Gases made Visible 86
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