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Endless amusement : a collection of upwards of 400 entertaining and astonishing experiments : among a variety of other subjects, are amusements in arithmetic, mechanics, hydraulics, hydrostatics, optics, pneumatics, electricity, chemistry, magnetism, combinations of figures, reflection & refraction of light, the art of making fire-works, diverting experiments with the magic lantern and camera obscura, wonders of the air-pump, all the popular tricks and changes of the cards, &c., &c., &c. : the whole so clearly explained as to be within the reach of the most limited capacity.

Title
Endless amusement : a collection of upwards of 400 entertaining and astonishing experiments : among a variety of other subjects, are amusements in arithmetic, mechanics, hydraulics, hydrostatics, optics, pneumatics, electricity, chemistry, magnetism, combinations of figures, reflection & refraction of light, the art of making fire-works, diverting experiments with the magic lantern and camera obscura, wonders of the air-pump, all the popular tricks and changes of the cards, &c., &c., &c. : the whole so clearly explained as to be within the reach of the most limited capacity.
Publication
London : Thorp and Burch, [ca. 1818]

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Additional Authors
  • Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
  • McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
Description
xii, [13]-216 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill.; 16 cm.
Subjects
Note
  • Includes index.
Indexed In (note)
  • BLC
  • Toole-Stott, R. Conjuring
Call Number
OAP (Endless amusement. 1818)
LCCN
75302978 //r932
OCLC
1323175
Title
Endless amusement : a collection of upwards of 400 entertaining and astonishing experiments : among a variety of other subjects, are amusements in arithmetic, mechanics, hydraulics, hydrostatics, optics, pneumatics, electricity, chemistry, magnetism, combinations of figures, reflection & refraction of light, the art of making fire-works, diverting experiments with the magic lantern and camera obscura, wonders of the air-pump, all the popular tricks and changes of the cards, &c., &c., &c. : the whole so clearly explained as to be within the reach of the most limited capacity.
Imprint
London : Thorp and Burch, [ca. 1818] (London : Gye and Baln )
Indexed In:
BLC, v. 7, p. 329
Toole-Stott, R. Conjuring, 255
Added Author
Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
Research Call Number
OAP (Endless amusement. 1818)
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