The magician's own book, or The whole art of conjuring (1862)
Arnold, George, 1834-1865, Cahill, Frank · New York, Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 216
ear to theother, and the tickings will be distinctly heard. TO SHOW THAT SOUND DEPENDS ON VIBRATION.Touch a bell when it is sounding, and the noise ceases;the same may be done to a musical string with the same re-sults. Hold a musical pitchfork to the lips, when it is madeto sound, and a quivering… … 4.S the principal object of this volume is to enable theyoung reader to learn something in his sports, and to under-stand what he is doing, we shall, before proceeding to thecurious tricks and feats connected with the science of num-bers, present him with some arithmetical aphorisms, uponwhich most…
Magic tricks
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