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 [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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
ENDLESS
AMUSEMENT.
To produce Fire by the Mixture of two cold Liquids.
Take half a pound of pure dry nitrate, in powder; put it into a retort that is quite dry; add an equal quantity of highly rectified oil of vitriol, and, distilling the mixture in a moderate sand heat, it will produce a liquor like a yellowish fume; this, when caught in a dry receiver, is Glauber's Spirits of Nitre; probably the preparation, under that name, may be obtained of the chemists, which will of course save much time and trouble.
You then put a drachm of distilled oil of cloves, turpentine, or carraways, in a glass vessel; and if you add an equal quantity, or rather more, of the above spirit, though both are in themselves perfectly cold, yet, on mixing them together, a great flame will arise and destroy them both, leaving only a little resinous matter at the bottom.