The magician's own book, or The whole art of conjuring (1862)
Arnold, George, 1834-1865, Cahill, Frank · New York, Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 167
ll with thesame swiftness. Animals quickly die for want of air, com-bustion ceases, gunpowder will not explode, a bell soundsfaint, magnets are powerless, and waters and other fluids turnto vapor. TO PROVE THAT AIR HAS WEIGHT. Take a florence flask, fitted up with a screw and fine oiledBilk valve.…
Magic tricks
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