Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 270
CARBONIC ACID GAS. 103 capable of destroying life, the following experiment willprove. Let us place a bird within a glass case as in the … Soda-water apparatus. illustration (page 104), and connect the glass with a bottleof seltzer-water or a siphon. As soon as the liquid entersthe carbonic acid will ascend, and this,if continued for a long time, wouldsuffocate the bird, which soon beginsto develop an appearance of restless-ness, We…
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