Letters on natural magic, addressed to Sir Walter Scott, bart (1834)
Brewster, David, 1781-1868. n 84239125 · London : J. Murray · leaf 264
LETTERS ON NATURAL MAGIC. Fig. 54. … niered with all his force the piece of iron B, with a sledge hammer ; and sometimes two smiths cut in two with chisels a great cold bar of iron laid upon the anvil. At other times a stone of huge dimen- sions, half of which is shown at C, was laid upon his belly, and broken with a blow of the great…
Scientific recreations
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