Popular pastimes for amusement and instruction : being a standard work on games, plays, magic, and natural phenomena suitable for all occasions : containing parlor games, charming tableaux, tricks of magic, charades and conundrums, curious puzzles, phrenology and mind reading, palmistry or how to read the hand, humorous and pathetic recitations, dialogues, etc., etc. : including the delightful art of entertaining, the whole forming a charming treasury of pastimes for the home, public schools and academies, lodges, social gatherings, Sunday schools, etc., etc. (1901)
Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · Philadelphia : National Publishing Co. · leaf 202
readily shown. Suppose thatthe materials for making hydrogen are inA (see figure)—namely, zinc, water, andhydrochloric acid—the gas may be passedalong the tube B, into the vessel c, con- RECREATIONS. 173 taining fragments of lime, which will drythe hydrogen, and now, if the dry gas beconducted… … ECLIPSE OF THE SUN. and dry bell-jar over it : soon its surfacewill be covered with dew or condensedwater vapor. Be careful in performingthis experiment that you do not lightthe jet too soon, otherwise you may havean explosion. And we may further addthat you need not go to any extra expensein…
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