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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 electric 99 Balloon, artificial 81 electric 96 Cases in Fire-works 184 Balloons, Paper, to construct 42 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 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 enchanted 59 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 Bombs 84 Card, divining 107 numerical 108 hit upon by guess 109 found by the Point of a Sword 109 changed by Word of Command 109 in the Ring 112 in the Mirror 113 in the Opera-glass 113 discovered by the throw of a Die 115 under the Handkerchief 117 to tell that a person has touched 117 in the Pocket-book 118 in the Egg 118 discovered by the Touch or Smell 119 Cards, magnetic 71 Amusements with 101 Points on three, to name, &c. 101 to tell how many taken from a Pack 102 to name several fixed on 104 to name the Rank of, drawn from a Piquet Pack 104 to tell the Numbers of any two 105 three 106 four confederate 108 to separate the two Colours of a Pack of, at one Cut 114 metamorphosed 114 Number of, told by their Weight 116 to change, that several persons have drawn from the Pack 116 inverted 119 transmutable 119 convertible 120 Cascade, magical 50 musical 148 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 Girdle 190 Balls 191 Tape 191 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 Resin lighted by 95 Spirits ignited by 95 Eolian Harp, to make 137 Exhalations, subaqueous 137 Explosion, brilliant, under Water 54 Explosion, magical 86 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 from Cane 136 Fire-pumps in Fire-works 186 Fire-works in miniature 27 imitative 149 Art of making 163 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 to diversify the Colours of 141 Fountain, fiery 44 globular 48 illuminated 51 which acts by the Heat of the Sun 52 magic 80 electrical 87 Fountains, Chinese, in Fire-works 187 Fruit, withered, restored 78 Fulminating Powders 33 more powerful 34 Gold 40 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 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

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

Illuminations, artificial 22 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 golden 41 white 42 Iron, transformed into Copper 36 Silver 36 melted in a Moment and run into Drops 37 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 Chronometer 46 Landscape, artificial 66 to draw correctly 67 Lead, metallic, produced from the Powder 141 Leech, a Prognosticator of Weather 157 Leyden Phial 94 Light, rays of 143 refraction of 144 travelling of 145 Lightning, artificial 14 its wonderful Nature 144 to guard against 153 Liquor that shines in the Dark 40 luminous 41 Luminaries, miraculous 89

Magic Lantern, Experiment with the 62 Glasses to paint 63 solar 60 Magnetism, Experiments in 70 Memory, artificial 158 Microscope, Experiment for the 145 Mirror, Magician's 124 perspective 124 distorting 126 oracular 152 Mirrors, magical 53 deforming 123 igniting 125 Money augmented by optical Illusion 15 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 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 and Water, Experiments with 161 Opaque Bodies, seemingly transparent 121 Box made transparent 130 Opera-glass, diagonal 129 Oracle, inanimate 61 Orrery, magnetic 72 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 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 Gauge, to make 142 Rainbow, artificial 60 Reflector, magnifying 16 Ring, to suspend by a Thread after the Thread has been burnt 35 on the Finger, to name, &c. 49 Roman Candles, in Fire-works 186 Rocket Stars 173 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 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 fiery 90 Silver-plate, to give a Lustre to 44 extracted from a gilded Ring 135 Sky-rockets 170 to fire under Water 198 Sound, travelling of 141, 142 Sparks, electric 93 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 Light 145 Tree, Silver 27 Tree, Lead 27 Iron 55 sublimated 139 Tube, Magic 123 Tulip, Experiment with 140

Vacuum, illuminated 90 Vase, Magic 110 Vessel, Magic 21 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 by looking through differently-coloured Glasses 161 Volcano, artificial 22