Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 181
plication of a lighted match, and givesrise to the phenomenon. The sulpho-cyanide slowly ex-pands, the cylinder increases in length, and changes to ayellowish substance, which dilates and extends to a lengthof twenty* or five-and-twenty inches. It has the appear-ance of a genuine serpent, which has… … Pharaohs serpent. children are—constitutes a very poisonous substance,which should be immediately thrown away or burned. Itcan be easily powdered into dust in the fingers. During SALT. IS the decomposition of the sulpho-cyanide of mercury,quantities of sulphurous acid are thrown off, and it is to…
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