Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments in Various Branches of Science; Including Acoustics, Electricity, Magnetism, Arithmetic — Story, Setting & Ideas

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A COLLECTION OF NEARLY 400 ENTERTAINING EXPERIMENTS

IN VARIOUS BRANCHES OF SCIENCE;

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.

FROM THE SEVENTH LONDON EDITION.

PHILADELPHIA: LEA AND BLANCHARD. 1847.

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

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

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 Coins, to take impressions of 44 Compositions for Fire-works, method of mixing 168 Concerto, solar 62 Cork heavier than Lead 81 Correspondence, secret 18, 25 by music 20 Coruscations, artificial 136 Cotton electrified 92 Crackers, to make 169 Cylinder, illuminated 91

Dance, magic 86 Dancer, hydraulic 49 Detonating works 190 Girdle 190 Balls 191 Tape 191 Cards 191 Dial, magnetic 71 Dodecahedron in Fire-works 187 Duplicates, ten 102

Earthquake, artificial 22, 86, 187 Eclipse of the Sun, to observe 129 Egg, to form Figures on, in Relief 35 Eggs, white of, contains an Alkali 144 Electric effects of a Russian climate 30 Electricity, experiments in 83 Resin lighted by 95 Spirits ignited by 95 Eolian Harp, to make 137 Exhalations, subaqueous 137 Explosion, brilliant, under Water 54 Explosion, magical 86 electric 98

Feather, animated 83 Feathers heavier than Lead 79 Figures, two, one blows out, and the other re-lights a Candle 39 Fire produced by the mixture of two cold Liquids 13 from Cane 136 Fire-pumps in Fire-works 186 Fire-works in miniature 27 imitative 149 Art of making 163 aquatic 192 Flash of Lightning, to resemble on entering a Room 37 Flower, to produce the Appearance of, from its Ashes 149 Flowers, restored 26 to diversify the Colours of 141 Fountain, fiery 44 globular 48 illuminated 51 which acts by the Heat of the Sun 52 magic 80 electrical 87 Fountains, Chinese, in Fire-works 187 Fruit, withered, restored 78 Fulminating Powders 33 more powerful 34 Gold 40 Mercury 54

Gas Bubbles, exploding 160 Ghastly Appearance, to give to Persons in a Room 35 Glass, so to fill with Water that it cannot be removed without spilling the whole 38 Gold Chain, old, to make look like new 43 to give Silver the Colour of 43 Guinea, penetrative 132 Gunpowder 165 exploded by reflection 125 Brimstone and Charcoal, to meal for Fire-works 165

Halo, artificial 80 Horn, to make Moulds of 134 to soften 134 Hour of the Day or Night told by a suspended Shilling 152