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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 62

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OWING OUT A CANDLE BEHIND A BOTTLE. Put a lighted candle on the table, and in front of it,about 10 inches removed, a bottle like the one in theengraving (Fig. 34). Then blow on the bottle at a THE MOXKMENTS OF GASES. 45 distance of 8 or 9 inches, and the light will be extinguishedjust as though… … Fig. 35*—Rotation of Coin between Two Pins., TO REVOLVE A COIN BETWEEN TWO PINS.^ It is not necessary to have recourse to the action ofwarm air to produce aerial motion. We have in our-selves an apparatus which is capable of producing ■gaseous currents, and which will assist us in Our…

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