Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 86
wrap it round acopper gas jet. The jet must be of metal. This is in-dispensable. Turn on and light the gas, which will burnabove the handkerchief without injuring it (Fig. 57). To^ THE CONDUCTIBILITY OF METALS. 69 succeed in this experiment it is necessary that the hand-kerchief should fit I quite… … F.g. 58.—Carbonization of Paper on llie WooJen Portion of a Penholder, conductibility of metals for heat. Take a wooden pen-holder with a metallic end, and fix a piece of paperpartly on the wood and partly on the metal. Heat thepaper above the flame of a lamp. The paper willcarbonize at the side on…
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