The model book of dreams, fortune teller, and epitome of parlor entertainments (1864)
Temple, Henry. [from old catalog], Ottley, Cordelia M., [from old catalog] joint author · Cincinnati, J. R. Hawley & co. · leaf 318
t with the binding screw.A piece of zinc, amalgamated by washing it with a little dilutesulphuric acid, and rubbing the surface with mercury, is thensuspended in the acid by another copper wire, and attached tothe binding screw; which, after the lapse of a few hours, willproduce a perfect facsimile… … ELECTRICAL SHOCK FROM A SHEET OF PAPER. Place an iron japanned tea-tray on a dry, clean beakerglass; then take a sheet of foolscap writing-paper, and hold 316 AMUSEMENTS IN ELECTRICITY, ETC. it close to the fire until all its hygrometric moisture is dissi-pated, but not so as to scorch it; in this…
Dreams · Fortune-telling · Amusements
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