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Parlour magic (1838)
Perkins, Henry, 1803-1889, publisher, Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, printer, McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · Philadelphia : H. Perkins, 134 Chestnut Street · leaf 96
®^g ^E^E) ©^51^5 LAUGHING GAS. … ^HE above fanciful appellation has been given to l/~^i nitrous oxide, from the very agreeable sensa- S tions excited by inhaling it. In its pure state „im it destroys animal life, but loses this noxious ^■^fifi quality when inhaled, because it becomes ft^i^£Tc^\L blended with the atmospheric air…Scientific recreations
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