Letters on natural magic, addressed to Sir Walter Scott, bart (1834)
Brewster, David, 1781-1868. n 84239125 · London : J. Murray · leaf 324
JUS LETTERS ON NATURAL MAGIC. Sciences, two parallel rows of straw and brushwood, supported by iron wires, were formed at the dis- tance of three feet from eacli other, and extended thirty feet in length. When this combustible mass was set on fire, it was necessary to stand at the distance of eight… … The flames from both the rows seemed to fill up the whole space between them, and rose to the height of nine or ten feet. At this moment six firemen, clothed in the incombustible dresses, and marching at a slow pace behind each other, re- peatedly passed through the whole length between the two…
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