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Parlour magic. (1838)

Perkins, Henry, 1803-1889, publisher., Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, printer., McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) · Philadelphia : H. Perkins, 134 Chestnut Street, MDCCCXXXVIII [1838] · leaf 97

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GAS AMD SWHEAM, LAUGHING GAS. … meets in the lungs. This gas is made by putting three or four drams.of nitrate of ammonia, in crystals, into a small glass re- tort, which being held over a spirit lamp, the crystals will melt, and the gas be evolved. Having thus produced the gas, it is to be passed into a large bladder having…

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