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 321
power to the bar toenable the operator to lift up small pieces of iron and steelwith it. The lower end of the bar should be marked before itis fastened to the poker, so that the poles may be readily dis-tinguished from each other when it is taken off; the upper endbeing the south pole, and the… … AMUSEMENTS IN ELECTRICITY, ETC. 319 soon as tlie magnet is withdrawn. The effect is singular, andindeed very amusing; the diminutive iron particles rising andfalling, as if by supernatural agency. 3. Magnetic Swan.—Form a swan of cork, and placewithin its beak a little bit of steel strongly…
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