The boy's own book; a complete encylopedia of all the diversion, athletic, scientific and recreative, of boyhood and youth. (1834)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838, McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) · Boston, Munroe and Francis; New York, C. S. Francis, 1834. · leaf 138
A ¥ ? ' 134 CHEMICAL AMUSEMENTS. THE SILVER TREE. i. Put into a decanter four drachms of nitrate of silver, and fill up the de- ».4 eanter with distilled or rain water ; then drop in about an ounce oMnerany. and place the vessel where it … » thereto. The Silver Tree, pro- i) duced as above described, is frequently called Arbor Diane, or the Tree of Diana. ‘ TRANSMUTATION OF COLORS. To produce a blue by min g two colorless fluids. Powr a little of | the solution of sulphate of iron into a glass, then add to it a few drops of a…
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