The magician's own book, or The whole art of conjuring (1862)
Arnold, George, 1834-1865, Cahill, Frank · New York, Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 165
ANOTHER.Invert a tall glass jar in a dish of water, and place alighted taper under it; as the taper consumes the air in thejar, the water from the pressure withoutrises up to supply the place of the air re-moved by the combustion. In the opera-tion of cupping, the operator holds theflame of a lamp… … PWElIviATlCS AND AEROSTATICS. 140 flesh, and as the air within it cools, it contracts, and the glassadheres to the flesh by the difference of the pressure of theinternal and external air. ELASTICITY OP THE AIR.This can be shown by a beautiful philosophical toy whichmay easily be constructed.…
Magic tricks
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