Endless Amusement

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.

Page Aces, the convertible 117 olipiles 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[Pg iv] Body, combustible, to ignite by reflection 57 Bottle, magic 48 Bottle, enchanted 59 Bronzing, the Art of 133 Bubble, exploding 13 Bubbles, arial 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 116 [Pg v]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 Electricity, Resin lighted by 95 Electricity, Spirits ignited by 95 Eolian Harp, to make 137 Exhalations, subaqueous 137 Explosion, brilliant, under Water 54 [Pg vi]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 43 Guinea, penetrative 132 Gunpowder 165 exploded by reflection 125 Brimstone and Charcoal, to meal for Fire-works 165 [Pg vii] 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 145 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 [Pg viii] 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 120 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 [Pg ix]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 175 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 [Pg x]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 169 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 [Pg xi]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 140 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 [Pg xii]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 ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 32492
Author: Unknown
Release Date: May 23, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English