Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 180
-of nitrate of potash, and fashioned into cones or cylinders ^5: ■ ^ iCn^ … Iodide of cyanogen. of about an inch and a quarter in length, which should bethoroughly dried. The egg thus obtained can be hatchedby the simple application of a lighted match, and givesrise to the phenomenon. The sulpho-cyanide slowly ex-pands, the cylinder increases in length, and changes to…
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