Book of riddles and five hundred home amusements : containing a choice and curious collection of riddles, charades, enigmas, rebuses, anagrams, transpositions, conundrums, amusing puzzles, queer sleights, recreations in arithmetic, fireside games, and natural magic, embracing entertaining amusements in magnetism, chemistry, second sight, and simple recreations in science for family and social pastime (1863)
Frikell, Wiljalba, 1818-1903, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · New York : Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 55
end of the glass rod be dipped in the 48 I^ATURAL magic; OR, RECREATIONS IN SCIENCE. acid immediately before use, it will, on being brought into contactwith the deflagrating powder, cause it to ignite. To Iiight a Candle without Touching the Wick. Let a candle burn until it has a good long snuff,… … Pia. 3. flame will run down the smoke and rekindle the wick in a veryfantastic manner. To perform this experiment nicely, there mustbe no draught or banging * doors while the mystic spell is rising. To Place a Glass of Water in such a Position that no one canRemove it without Upsetting it. Propose…
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