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 72
cork or bung ; upon this place a smalllighted taper; then set it afloat in a pail of water. Now, with asteady hand invert a large drinking-glass over the light, and pushit carefully down into the water. The glass being full of air, pre-vents the water entering it. You may thus see the candle… … Fig. It. The largest drinking-glass holds but half a pint, so that yourdiving-light soon goes out for the want of air. As an average, aburning candle consumes as much air as a man, and he requiresnearly a gallon of air every minute, so that according to the sizeof the glass over the flame you can…
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