The magician's own book, or The whole art of conjuring (1862)
Arnold, George, 1834-1865, Cahill, Frank · New York, Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 206
aulics comprehends the laws whichregulate non-elastic fluids in motion, and especially water,&c. Water can only be set in motion by two causes—thepressure of the atmosphere, or its own gravity. The princi-pal law concerning fluids is, that they always preserve theirown level. Hence water can be… … friends wish to form a fountain, or jet-d-eau, they may, bybringing a pipe from t, a water-tank, which should be at theupper part of the house, convey the water down to the gar-den. Then by leading it through the earth, underneath thepath or grass plot, and turning it to a perpendicular posi-tion,…
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