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Scientific amusements (1890)

Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 284

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WILL-O-THE-WISP. 117 Apply heat; the phosphuretted hydrogen will be given off,and will emerge from the water in the basin in luminous … rings of a very beautiful appearance. The greatest careShould be taken in the performance of this very simple ii8 CHEMISTRY. experiment. No water must on any account come in con-tact ivith the mixture in the flask. If even a drop or twofind its way in through the bent tube a tremendous explo-sion…

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