Parlour Magic
Parlour Magic
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Author(s): Perkins, Henry
ISBN No.: 9781429096904
Pages: 196
Year: 202301
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 24.77
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

Transmutations. The Spectral Lamp . 1 Curious Change of Colours . 2 The Protean Light . 2 The Chameleon Flowers . 3 To change the Colours of Flowers . 3 Changes of the Poppy . 3 To change the Colour of a Rose .


4 Light changing White into Black . 4 The Visibly growing Acorn . 4 Changes in Sap-Green . 5 To revive apparently dead Plants . 5 Singular effect of Tears . 5 Beauties of Crystallization . 5 To crystallize Camphor . 7 Crystallized Tin .


7 Crystals in hard Water . 7 Varieties of Crystals . 7 Heat from Crystallization . 8 Splendid Sublimation . 8 Artificial Ice . 8 Magic Inks . 8 Chameleon Liquids . 9 The Magic Dyes .


9 Wine changed into water . 10 Two colourless transparent Liquids become black and opaque . 10 Two colourless Fluids make a coloured one . 10 Change of colour by colourless Fluids . 10 To change a Blue Liquid to White . 11 Veritable "Black" Tea . 11 Resoration of Colour by Water . 11 The Magic Writing .


12 Two Liquids make a Solid . 12 Two Solids make a Liquid . 12 A solid opaque mass made a transparent Liquid . 12 Two cold Liquids make a hot one . 12 Quadruple Transmutation . 13 Quintuple Transmutation . 13 Combination of Colours . 13 Union of two Metals without Heat .


13 Magic Breath . 13 Two Bitters make a Sweet . 14 Visible and Invisible . 14 Sight and Sound. Artificial Mirage . 17 Motion of the Eye . 18 Single Vision with two Eyes . 19 Two objects seen as one .


19 Only one object can be seen at a time . 20 Straight objects seen crooked . 20 Optical Illusion . 21 Pin-hole Focus . 21 Optical Deceptions . 22 Accuracy of Sight . 22 Visual Deception . 23 Handwriting upon the Wall .


23 Imitative Haloes . 23 To read a Coin in the dark . 24 To make a Prism . 24 Optical Augmentation . 25 Gold Fish in a glass Globe . 26 Colours produced by the unequal action of Light upon the Eyes . 26 Optical Deception . 27 Coloured Shadows .


27 Colours of Scratches . 27 Ocular Spectra . 28 Beautiful Colours of Mother of Pearl . 28 White Letters seen further than Black . 29 Artificial Rainbow . 29 Fringe about a Candle . 29 The Double Coloured Reflection . 30 Luminous Cross .


30 Ring of Colours round a Candle . 30 Simple and Cheap Opera-glass . 31 Multiplying Theatres . 31 Apparatus for Writing in the Dark . 32 Portable Microscope . 33 The Phenakisticope or Stoboscope . 34 To look at the Sun without injury . 35 Brilliant Water Mirror .


35 Optical Illusion under Water . 35 The Magic Wheels . 36 Acoustic Rainbow . 37 Transmission of Sound . 37 Progress of Sound . 39 Sound turning Corners . 39 To tell the distance of Thunder . 40 Hearing by the Touch .


40 Conversation for the Deaf . 40 Glass broken by the Voice . 41 Figures produced by Sound . 41 Transmitted Vibration . 42 Double Vibration . 42 Champagne and Sound . 42 Music from Palisades . 43 Theory of the Jew''s Harp .


43 Music of the Snail . 44 To tune a Guitar without the assistance of the Ear . 44 Music from Glass or Metal Rods . 44 The Tuning-fork a Flute-player . 45 Musical Bottles . 46 Theory of Whispering . 46 Theory of the Voice . 46 Sound along a Wall .


47 Sounds more audible by Night than by Day . 47 Musical Echo . 47 Ventriloquism . 48 Light and Heat. Flashes of Light upon revolving Wheels . 53 Decomposition of Light . 54 Solar Refraction . 54 Incantations .


55 To imitate the Light of the Sea . 55 Instantaneous Lights . 56 To colour the Flame of a Candle . 57 To divide the Flame of a Candle . 57 Cane Wick Lamp . 58 Camphor and Platinum Lamp . 58 Platinum and Ether Lamp . 58 Floating Light .


59 Substitute for a Wax Taper . 59 Phosphorescent Fish . 59 The Luminous Spectre . 59 Light, a Painter . 60 Effect of Light upon Crystallization . 60 Effect of Light on Plants . 60 Instantaneous Effect of Light upon Ice . 61 White Light from Zinc .


61 Brilliant Light from two Metals . 61 Brilliant Light from Steel . 61 Lighted Tin . 62 Light from Gilt Buttons . 62 Light from a Flower . 62 Light from Sugar . 62 Light from the Potato . 63 Light from the Oyster .


63 Light from Derbyshire Spar . 63 Light from Oyster-shells . 64 Rings of Light in Crystal . 64 To strike Light with Cane . 64 Cause of Transparency . 64 Tansparency of Gold . 65 Tint changed by Thickness . 65 Shadows made darker by increased Light .


65 Miniature Thunder and Lightning . 66 The Burning Glass . 66 Magic of Heat . 66 Repulsion by Heat . 67 Heat passing through Glass . 68 Metals unequally influenced by Heat .68 Spontaneous Combustion . 69 Inequality of Heat in Fire irons .


69 Expansion of Metal by Heat . 69 Evaporation of a Metal . 69 A Floating Metal on Fire . 70 Heat and Cold from Flannel . 70 Ice melted by Air . 70 To hold a hot Tea-kettle on the Hand . 70 Incombustible Linen . 71 The Burning Circle .


71 Water of different Temperatures in the same Vessel . 71 Warmth of different Colours . 71 Substitute for Fire . 72 Gas and Steam. Laughing Gas . 75 The Luminous Wand . 76 To make Carbonic Acid Gas . 76 Carbonic Acid Gas in Wine or Beer Vessels .


76 To extinguish Flame with Gas . 77 Effect of Hydrogen on the Voice . 77 Magic Taper . 78 The Gas Candle . 78 Gas Bubbles . 78 Gas-light in the day-time . 79 Miniature Balloons . 79 Miniature Gas-lighting .


79 Musical Gas . 80 Miniature Will o''-the-wisp . 81 Phosphoric Illumination . 81 Combustion of Iron in Oxygen Gas . 81 Glow-worm in Oxygen Gas . 82 Luminous Charcoal . 82 Brilliant Combustion in Oxygen . 82 Flame from Cold Metals .


83 Phosphorus in Chlorine . 83 Caoutchouc Balloons . 84 To increase the Light of Coal Gas . 84 Gas from Indian Rubber . 84 Ether Gas . 85 Magic Vapour . 85 Gas from the union of Metals . 85 Invisible Gases made Visible .


86 Light under Water . 86 Gaseous Evanescence . 86 Violet-coloured Gas . 86 To collect Gases . 87 The Deflagrating Spoon . 87 What is Steam? . 87 The Steam Engine simplified . 88 To boil Water by Steam .


88 Distillation in Miniature . 89 Candle or Fire Crackers . 89 Steam from the Kettle . 89 Fire, Water, and Air. Coloured Flames . 93 Yellow Flame . 94 Orange-coloured Flame . 94 Emerald Green Flame .


94 Instantaneous Flame . 94 The Cup of Flame . 95 To cool Flame by Metal . 95 Proof that Flame is Hollow . 95 Camphor sublimed by Flame . 95 Green Fire . 96 Brilliant Red Fire . 96 Purple Fire .


96 Silver Fire . 97 The Fiery Fountain . 97 T.


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