Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 627
of a lamp. The spiral, if lightly poised,will turn round rapidly. Now let us turn to a few experiments with the air,which is composed in two gases. Oxygen and Nitrogen,Qf which we shall bear more when we learn Chemistry, 64 GASES AND LIQUIDS. It is not intended here to prosecute researches,… … Blowing an egg iVom one glass to another, merely claim to have collected and arranged them forour descriptions. We must also add that we haveperformed and verified these experiments; the reader,therefore, can attempt them with every certainty ofsuccess. We will suppose that we are addressing ayoung…
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