Parlour Magic

by Unknown

MINIATURE WILL O’-THE-WISP.

Put a small piece or two of the phosphuret of lime into a saucer of water, when bubbles of phosphuretted hydrogen gas will rise to the surface, explode into flame, and cause a white smoke; representing, on a small scale, the ignis fatuus, or will o’-the-wisp, as seen over marshy ground, or stagnant pools of water.