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Title: Endless Amusement
A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments

Author: Unknown

Release Date: May 23, 2010 [EBook #32492]

Language: English

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ENDLESS AMUSEMENT:

A COLLECTION OF
NEARLY 400 ENTERTAINING EXPERIMENTS

IN VARIOUS BRANCHES OF SCIENCE;

INCLUDING

ACOUSTICS, ELECTRICITY, MAGNETISM,
ARITHMETIC, HYDRAULICS, MECHANICS,
CHEMISTRY, HYDROSTATICS, OPTICS;

WONDERS OF THE AIR-PUMP;

ALL THE
POPULAR TRICKS AND CHANGES OF THE CARDS,
&c., &c.

TO WHICH IS ADDED,
A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF PYROTECHNY;

OR,
THE ART OF MAKING FIRE-WORKS.

THE WHOLE SO CLEARLY EXPLAINED AS TO BE WITHIN THE
REACH OF THE MOST LIMITED CAPACITY.

With Illustrations.

FROM THE SEVENTH LONDON EDITION.

PHILADELPHIA:
LEA AND BLANCHARD.
1847.

CONTENTS.

Page
Aces, the convertible 117
AEolipiles 60
Aigrettes 185
Air-pump 77
bottles broken by 77
glass broken by 77
hand fixed by