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Letters on natural magic, addressed to Sir Walter Scott (1832)

Brewster, David, 1781-1868 · London : John Murray · leaf 188

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164 LETTERS ON NATURAL MAGIC. fleeted from the mouth of the trumpet back to the aperture at A, in the horizontal rail, Fig-. 38, and Fig. 39. … was distinctly conveyed along the closed tube in- to the apartment N. In like manner the answer issued from the aperture A, and being reflected back to the ear of the spectator by the trumpet, he heard the sounds with that change of character which they receive when transmitted through a tube and…

Scientific recreations · Magic

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