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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 Popula
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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 Popula

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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
Æolipiles 60
Aigrettes 185
Air-pump 77
bottles broken by      77
glass broken by      77
hand fixed by      77
water boiled by      78
bubbles, vegetable      78
electrified      98
Alarum 147
Alphabet, changes of, in square Yards 59
Apparition, armed 126
Atmosphere, to show the Pressure of 137
Aurora Borealis, electric 91

Bacchus, animated 81
Ball, electrified 97
Ball, electric 99
Balloon, artificial 81
Balloon, electric 96
Balloon, Cases in Fire-works 184
Balloons, Paper, to construct 42
Balloons, in Fire-works, to load with Stars, Serpents, &c. 184
Balls, dancing 93
Barley, the Awn of, an Hydrometer 157
Bell, magic 79
Bladder, exploded 80
Bladder, cemented 81
Blue, to change to White 35
Bodies, two inodorous, become pungent by Mixture 145
Body, combustible, to ignite by reflection 57
Bottle, magic 48
Bottle, enchanted

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Bronzing, the Art of 133
Bubble, exploding 13
Bubbles, aërial 78
Burning-glasses, account of two 32
Busts, talking 61
Butterflies, to take Impressions of on Paper 134

Cameleon Spirit 23
Camera Obscura, to construct 16
Camphor, electrified 100
Candle lighted by electricity 84
Candle Bombs 84
Card, divining 107
Card, numerical 108
Card, hit upon by guess 109
Card, found by the Point of a Sword 109
Card, changed by Word of Command 109
Card, in the Ring 112
Card, in the Mirror 113
Card, in the Opera-glass 113
Card, discovered by the throw of a Die 115
Card, discovered under the Handkerchief 117
Card, to tell that a person has touched 117
Card, in the Pocket-book 118
Card, in the Egg 118
Card, discovered by the Touch or Smell 119
Cards, magnetic 71
Cards, Amusements with 101
Cards, Points on three, to name, &c. 101
Cards, to tell how many taken from a Pack 102
Cards, to name several fixed on 104
Cards, to name the Rank of, drawn from a Piquet Pack 104
Cards, to tell the Numbers of any two 105
Cards, to tell the Numbers of any three 106
Cards, four confederate 108
Cards, to separate the two Colours of a Pack of, at one Cut 114
Cards, metamorphosed 114
Cards, Number of, told by their Weight 116
Cards, to change, that several persons have drawn from the Pack
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Cards, inverted 119
Cards, transmutable 119
Cards, convertible 120
Cascade, magical 50
Cascade, musical 148
Cascade, of fire, to represent 151
Cement, never-yielding 37
Changes on twelve Bells 58
Charcoal for Fire-works 164
Chase, magic 88
Coins, to take impressions of 44
Compositions for Fire-works, method of mixing 168
Concerto, solar 62
Cork heavier than Lead 81
Correspondence, secret 18, 25
by music      20
Coruscations, artificial 136
Cotton electrified 92
Crackers, to make 169
Cylinder, illuminated 91

Dance, magic 86
Dancer, hydraulic 49
Detonating works 190
Detonating Girdle 190
Detonating Balls 191
Detonating Tape 191
Detonating Cards 191
Dial, magnetic 71
Dodecahedron in Fire-works 187
Duplicates, ten 102

Earthquake, artificial 22, 86, 187
Eclipse of the Sun, to observe 129
Egg, to form Figures on, in Relief 35
Eggs, white of, contains an Alkali 144
Electric effects of a Russian climate 30
Electricity, experiments in 83
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Electricity, Resin lighted by 95
Electricity, Spirits ignited by 95
Eolian Harp, to make 137
Exhalations, subaqueous 137
Explosion, brilliant, under Water 54
Explosion, magical 86
Explosion, electric 98

Feather, animated 83
Feathers heavier than Lead 79
Figures, two, one blows out, and the other re-lights a Candle 39
Fire produced by the mixture of two cold Liquids 13
Fire produced from Cane 136
Fire-pumps in Fire-works 186
Fire-works in miniature 27
Fire-works imitative 149
Fire-works Art of making 163
Fire-works aquatic 192
Flash of Lightning, to resemble on entering a Room 37
Flower, to produce the Appearance of, from its Ashes 149
Flowers, restored 26
Flowers, to diversify the Colours of 141
Fountain, fiery 44
Fountain, globular 48
Fountain, illuminated 51
Fountain, which acts by the Heat of the Sun 52
Fountain, magic 80
Fountain, electrical 87
Fountains, Chinese, in Fire-works 187
Fruit, withered, restored 78
Fulminating Powders 33
more powerful      34
Fulminating Gold 40
Fulminating Mercury 54

Gas Bubbles, exploding 160
Ghastly Appearance, to give to Persons in a Room 35
Glass, so to fill with Water that it cannot be removed without spilling the whole 38
Gold Chain, old, to make look like new 43
Gold to give Silver the Colour of
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Guinea, penetrative 132
Gunpowder 165
exploded by reflection      125
Brimstone and Charcoal, to meal for Fire-works      165

Halo, artificial 80
Horn, to make Moulds of 134
Horn, to soften 134
Hour of the Day or Night told by a suspended Shilling 152
Hydrogen Gas, to procure 159
Hydrogen Gas, to fill a Bladder with 159

Illuminations, artificial 22
Illuminations, chemical 36
Illusion, alternate 146
Incendiary, unconscious 88
Indromacus 103
Ink, invisible 23
Gold, Silver, Yellow, Red, Green, Violet, and Grey      24, 25
secret Correspondence by Means of      25
Ink, golden 41
Ink, white 42
Iron, transformed into Copper 36
Iron, transformed into Silver 36
Iron, melted in a Moment and run into Drops 37
Iron, or Steel, to soften 135
Ivory, to cast Figures in Imitation of 134

Kings, the four inseparable 116
Kite, electric 87

Lamp to burn twelve Months without replenishing 29
Lamp Chronometer 46
Landscape, artificial 66
Landscape, to draw correctly 67
Lead, metallic, produced from the Powder 141
Leech, a Prognosticator of Weather 157
Leyden Phial 94
Light, rays of 143
Light, refraction of 144
Light, travelling of
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Lightning, artificial 14
Lightning, its wonderful Nature 144
Lightning, to guard against 153
Liquor that shines in the Dark 40
Liquor luminous 41
Luminaries, miraculous 89

Magic Lantern, Experiment with the 62
Magic Lantern, Glasses to paint 63
Magic Lantern, solar 60
Magnetism, Experiments in 70
Memory, artificial 158
Microscope, Experiment for the 145
Mirror, Magician's 124
Mirror, perspective 124
Mirror, distorting 126
Mirror, oracular 152
Mirrors, magical 53
Mirrors, deforming 123
Mirrors, igniting 125
Money augmented by optical Illusion 15
Money melted in a Walnut-shell 40
Mortars, in Fire-works 184

Neptune in his Chariot 198
Number, to tell any, privately fixed on 45
without asking questions      45
Number, divisible by 9, &c. 55
Numbers, to find the difference of two, &c. 56

Objects, three, discernible only with both Eyes 15
Oil upon Water, and Water upon Oil, curious Effects of 161
Oil and Water, Experiments with 161
Opaque Bodies, seemingly transparent 121
Opaque Box made transparent 130
Opera-glass, diagonal 129
Oracle, inanimate 61
Orrery, magnetic 72
Orrery, electrical 92, 99

Palace, enchanted
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Parties, three magical 110
Paradox, dioptrical 127
Pass, how to make the 107
Perspective-glass, divining 111
Phantom 126
Phial of the four Elements 48
Philosophical Candle 37
Phosphorus Match Bottles 34
Phosphorus inflammable 53
Phosphorus, illuminated 97
Picture, magic 13
Pictures of Birds, to make, with their natural Feathers 132
Pieces, transposable 131
Plants, remarkable Properties in 138
Plaster of Paris cast, to take from a Person's Face 135
Pomatum, to make, with Wax and Water 36
Portrait, miraculous 85
Powder, which catches Fire when exposed to the Air 39
Prints, to remove Stains from 38
Prospect, boundless 57
Prospects, illuminated 68
Pyrotechny, a complete system of 163

Rain and Hail, artificial 28
Rain Gauge, to make 142
Rainbow, artificial 60
Reflector, magnifying 16
Ring, to suspend by a Thread after the Thread has been burnt 35
Ring, on the Finger, to name, &c. 49
Roman Candles, in Fire-works 186
Rocket Stars 173
Rocket to fix one on the Top of another 174
Rockets 170
Method of rolling      170
Composition for      171
to drive      171
Decorations for      172
Caduceous      175
Honorary     
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which form an arch in rising      176
to make several rise together      176
to fix several on the same Stick      177
to fire without Sticks      178
Scrolls for      179
Stands for      179
Table      179
Water      192
Rose, changeable 41
Resin lighted by Electricity 95

Salt, exploding 127
Saltpetre for Fire-works 164
Saltpetre, to pulverize for Fire-works 164
Sealing-wax spun into Threads by Electricity 100
Sea-fight, &c. in Aquatic Fire-works 196
Serpents, for Fire-works, to make 169
Shillings, a Person having an even number of in one Hand, and an odd Number in the other, to tell in which Hand the odd or even Number is 17
Shock, inconceivable 88
Shower, mercurial 80
Shower, fiery 90
Silver-plate, to give a Lustre to 44
Silver extracted from a gilded Ring 135
Sky-rockets 170
to fire under Water      198
Sound, travelling of 141, 142
Sparks, electric 93
Sparks, in choked Cases 167
Sparrows, Experiments with 82
Spectre on the Table 64
Spider, artificial 84
Spirit, Cameleon 23
Spots in the Sun's Disk, to show 128
Spur-fire 166
Square Yards, to contain the Changes of the Alphabet 59
Squares, Magic 55
Squibs, to make
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Stars, with Points, in Fire-works 188
Steam, Power of 31
Steel or Iron, to soften 135
Stone, floating 78
Storm at Sea, to represent by the Magic Lantern 63
Sulphur for Fire-works 163
Sun, fixed, with a transparent Face 189
Sun's Rays, Effects of, on different coloured Cloths 146
Swans and Ducks in Aquatic Fire-works 199

Tantalus, Cup of 85
Thunder, artificial 14, 15
Touch-paper, to make 167
Transcolorations, curious 29, 30
Transmutations, magical 35
Travelling of Sound 141, 142
Travelling of Light 145
Tree, Silver 27
Tree, Lead 27
Tree, Iron 55
Tree, sublimated 139
Tube, Magic 123
Tulip, Experiment with 140

Vacuum, illuminated 90
Vase, Magic 110
Vessel, Magic 21
Vessel, that lets Water out of the Bottom as soon as the Mouth is uncorked 39
Verse, Magic 74
Viper, Experiment with 82
Visual Nerves, singular Impression on, by a luminous Object 160
Visual Nerves, singular Impression on, by looking through differently-coloured Glasses 161
Volcano, artificial 22

Wand, magnetic 70
Wand, mercurial 79
Watch Dial, to tell by one the Hour when a Person intends to rise 17
Watch mysterious 70
Watch Lamp
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Water gilding on Silver 43
Water which gives Silver a Gold Colour 43
Water to give any Metal a Gold Colour 43, 44
Water Sun 50
Water illuminated 96
Water colder than Ice 127
Water Experiment with a Glass of 135
Water beautifully transparent 142
Water Power of 143
Water Power in Steam 158
Water Pressure of 143
Water Mass of, contained in the Sea 145
Water Rockets 192
Water Wheels, horizontal 193
Water Pipes in Fire-works 193
Water Mines 194
Water Fire Globes 194
Water Balloons, odoriferous 195
Water Fire Fountains 200
Weather, to foretel 140
Weather, Table 162
Wheels, self-moving 79, 94
Wheels, in Fire-works      180
Wheels, single vertical      180
Wheels, horizontal      181
Wheels, plural      182
Wheels, spiral      182
Wheels, Balloon      183
Wheels, double spiral      183
Wheels, illuminated spiral      183
Winter, changed to Spring 26
Writing, mysterious 26
Writing, illuminated 28
Writing, burnt, restored 129
Writing, in the Dark, to make luminous 139
Writing, on Glass by the Rays of the Sun 148