Parlour Magic, by Henry Perkins.

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Parlour Magic

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Produced by Chris Curnow, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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English

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Q: Science

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Scientific recreations -- Juvenile literature

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Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 50404

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November 7, 2015

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.PARLOUR MAGIC
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.PREFACE.
6. 6.CONTENTS.
7. 7.TRANSMUTATIONS.
8. 8.THE SPECTRAL LAMP. — CURIOUS CHANGE OF COLOURS. — THE PROTEAN LIGHT. — THE CHAMELEON FLOWERS. — TO CHANGE THE COLOURS OF FLOWERS. — CHANGES OF THE POPPY. — TO CHANGE THE COLOUR OF A ROSE. — LIGHT CHANGING WHITE INTO BLACK. — THE VISIBLY GROWING ACORN. — CHANGES IN SAP GREEN. — TO REVIVE APPARENTLY DEAD PLANTS. — SINGULAR EFFECT OF TEARS. — BEAUTIES OF CRYSTALLIZATION. — TO CRYSTALLIZE CAMPHOR. — CRYSTALLIZED TIN. — CRYSTALS IN HARD WATER. — VARIETIES OF CRYSTALS. — HEAT FROM CRYSTALLIZATION. — SPLENDID SUBLIMATION. — ARTIFICIAL ICE. — MAGIC INKS. — CHAMELEON LIQUIDS. — THE MAGIC DYES. — WINE CHANGED INTO WATER. — TWO COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT LIQUIDS BECOME BLACK AND OPAQUE. — TWO COLOURLESS FLUIDS MAKE A COLOURED ONE. — CHANGE OF COLOUR BY COLOURLESS FLUIDS. — TO CHANGE A BLUE LIQUID TO WHITE. — VERITABLE “BLACK” TEA. — RESTORATION OF COLOUR BY WATER. — THE MAGIC WRITING. — TWO LIQUIDS MAKE A SOLID. — TWO SOLIDS MAKE A LIQUID. — A SOLID OPAQUE MASS MADE A TRANSPARENT LIQUID. — TWO COLD LIQUIDS MAKE A HOT ONE. — QUADRUPLE TRANSMUTATION. — QUINTUPLE TRANSMUTATION. — COMBINATION OF COLOURS. — UNION OF TWO METALS WITHOUT HEAT. — MAGIC BREATH. — TWO BITTERS MAKE A SWEET. — VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE.
9. 9.SIGHT & SOUND.
10. 10.ARTIFICIAL MIRAGE. — MOTION OF THE EYE. — SINGLE VISION WITH TWO EYES. — TWO OBJECTS SEEN AS ONE. — ONLY ONE OBJECT CAN BE SEEN AT A TIME. — STRAIGHT OBJECTS SEEN CROOKED. — OPTICAL ILLUSION. — PIN-HOLE FOCUS. — OPTICAL DECEPTIONS. — ACCURACY OF SIGHT. — VISUAL DECEPTION. — HAND-WRITING UPON THE WALL. — IMITATIVE HALOES. — TO READ A COIN IN THE DARK. — TO MAKE A PRISM. — OPTICAL AUGMENTATION. — GOLD FISH IN A GLASS GLOBE. — COLOURS PRODUCED BY THE UNEQUAL ACTION OF LIGHT UPON THE EYES. — OPTICAL DECEPTION. — COLOURED SHADOWS. — COLOURS OF SCRATCHES. — OCULAR SPECTRA. — BEAUTIFUL COLOURS OF MOTHER-OF-PEARL. — WHITE LETTERS SEEN FURTHER THAN BLACK. — ARTIFICIAL RAINBOW. — FRINGE ABOUT A CANDLE. — THE DOUBLE-COLOURED REFLECTION. — LUMINOUS CROSS. — RINGS OF COLOURS ROUND A CANDLE. — SIMPLE AND CHEAP OPERA-GLASS. — MULTIPLYING THEATRES. — APPARATUS FOR WRITING IN THE DARK. — PORTABLE MICROSCOPE. — THE PHENAKISTISCOPE, OR STROBOSCOPE. — TO LOOK AT THE SUN WITHOUT INJURY. — BRILLIANT WATER MIRROR. — OPTICAL ILLUSION UNDER WATER. — THE MAGIC WHEELS. — ACOUSTIC RAINBOW. — TRANSMISSION OF SOUND. — PROGRESS OF SOUND. — SOUND TURNING CORNERS. — TO TELL THE DISTANCE OF THUNDER. — HEARING BY THE TOUCH. — CONVERSATION FOR THE DEAF. — GLASS BROKEN BY THE VOICE. — FIGURES PRODUCED BY SOUND. — TRANSMITTED VIBRATION. — DOUBLE VIBRATION. — CHAMPAGNE AND SOUND. — MUSIC FROM PALISADES. — THEORY OF THE JEW’S HARP. — MUSIC OF THE SNAIL. — TO TUNE A GUITAR WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF THE EAR. — MUSIC FROM GLASS OR METAL RODS. — THE TUNING-FORK A FLUTE-PLAYER. — MUSICAL BOTTLES. — THEORY OF WHISPERING. — THEORY OF THE VOICE. — SOUND ALONG A WALL. — SOUNDS MORE AUDIBLE BY NIGHT THAN BY DAY. — MUSICAL ECHO. — VENTRILOQUISM.
11. 11.LIGHT & HEAT.
12. 12.FLASHES OF LIGHT UPON REVOLVING WHEELS. — DECOMPOSITION OF LIGHT. — SOLAR REFRACTION. — INCANTATIONS. — TO IMITATE THE LIGHT OF THE SEA. — INSTANTANEOUS LIGHTS. — TO COLOUR THE FLAME OF A CANDLE. — TO DIVIDE THE FLAME OF A CANDLE. — CANE WICK LAMP. — CAMPHOR AND PLATINUM LAMP. — PLATINUM AND ETHER LAMP. — FLOATING LIGHT. — SUBSTITUTE FOR A WAX TAPER. — PHOSPHORESCENT FISH. — THE LUMINOUS SPECTRE. — LIGHT, A PAINTER. — EFFECT OF LIGHT UPON CRYSTALLIZATION. — EFFECT OF LIGHT ON PLANTS. — INSTANTANEOUS LIGHT UPON ICE. — WHITE LIGHT FROM ZINC. — BRILLIANT LIGHT FROM TWO METALS. — BRILLIANT LIGHT FROM STEEL. — LIGHTED TIN. — LIGHT FROM GILT BUTTONS. — LIGHT FROM A FLOWER. — LIGHT FROM SUGAR. — LIGHT FROM THE POTATO. — LIGHT FROM THE OYSTER. — LIGHT FROM DERBYSHIRE SPAR. — LIGHT FROM OYSTER-SHELLS. — RINGS OF LIGHT IN CRYSTAL. — TO STRIKE LIGHT WITH CANE. — CAUSE OF TRANSPARENCY. — TRANSPARENCY OF GOLD. — TINT CHANGED BY THICKNESS. — SHADOWS MADE DARKER BY INCREASED LIGHT. — MINIATURE THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. — THE BURNING GLASS. — MAGIC OF HEAT. — REPULSION BY HEAT. — HEAT PASSING THROUGH GLASS. — METALS UNEQUALLY INFLUENCED BY HEAT. — SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION. — INEQUALITY OF HEAT IN FIRE-IRONS. — EXPANSION OF METAL BY HEAT. — EVAPORATION OF A METAL. — A FLOATING METTLE ON FIRE. — HEAT AND COLD FROM FLANNEL. — ICE MELTED BY AIR. — TO HOLD A HOT TEA-KETTLE ON THE HAND. — INCOMBUSTIBLE LINEN. — THE BURNING CIRCLE. — WATER OF DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES IN THE SAME VESSEL. — WARMTH OF DIFFERENT COLOURS. — SUBSTITUTE FOR FIRE.
13. 13.GAS & STEAM.]
14. 14.LAUGHING GAS. — THE LUMINOUS WAND. — TO MAKE CARBONIC ACID GAS. — CARBONIC ACID GAS IN WINE OR BEER VESSELS. — TO EXTINGUISH FLAME WITH GAS. — EFFECT OF HYDROGEN ON THE VOICE. — MAGIC TAPER. — THE GAS CANDLE. — GAS BUBBLES. — GAS-LIGHT IN THE DAY-TIME. — MINIATURE BALLOONS. — MINIATURE GAS-LIGHTING. — MUSICAL GAS. — MINIATURE WILL O’-THE-WISP. — PHOSPHORIC ILLUMINATION. — COMBUSTION OF IRON IN OXYGEN GAS. — GLOW-WORM IN OXYGEN GAS. — LUMINOUS CHARCOAL. — BRILLIANT COMBUSTION IN OXYGEN. — FLAME FROM COLD METALS. — PHOSPHORUS IN CHLORINE. — CAOUTCHOUC BALLOONS. — TO INCREASE THE LIGHT OF COAL GAS. — GAS FROM INDIAN RUBBER. — ETHER GAS. — MAGIC VAPOUR. — GAS FROM THE UNION OF METALS. — INVISIBLE GASES MADE VISIBLE. — LIGHT UNDER WATER. — GASEOUS EVANESCENCE. — VIOLET-COLOURED GAS. — TO COLLECT GASES. — THE DEFLAGRATING SPOON. — WHAT IS STEAM? — THE STEAM-ENGINE SIMPLIFIED. — TO BOIL WATER BY STEAM. — DISTILLATION IN MINIATURE. — CANDLE OR FIRE CRACKERS. — STEAM FROM THE KETTLE.
15. 15.Untitled
16. 16.COLOURED FLAMES. — YELLOW FLAME. — ORANGE-COLOURED FLAME. — EMERALD GREEN FLAME. — INSTANTANEOUS FLAME. — THE CUP OF FLAME. — TO COOL FLAME BY METAL. — PROOF THAT FLAME IS HOLLOW. — CAMPHOR SUBLIMED BY FLAME. — GREEN FIRE. — BRILLIANT RED FIRE. — PURPLE FIRE. — SILVER FIRE. — THE FIERY MOUNTAIN. — THE ARTIFICIAL CONFLAGRATION. — INFLAMMABLE POWDER. — COMBUSTION WITHOUT FLAME. — COMBUSTION OF THREE METALS. — TO MAKE PAPER INCOMBUSTIBLE. — SINGULAR EXPERIMENTS WITH GLASS TUBES. — AQUATIC BOMB. — HEAT NOT TO BE ESTIMATED BY TOUCH. — FLAME UPON WATER. — ROSE-COLOURED FLAME ON WATER. — TO SET A MIXTURE ON FIRE WITH WATER. — WAVES OF FIRE ON WATER. — EXPLOSION IN WATER. — WATER FROM THE FLAME OF A CANDLE. — FORMATION OF WATER BY FIRE. — BOILING UPON COLD WATER. — CURRENTS IN BOILING WATER. — HOT WATER LIGHTER THAN COLD. — EXPANSION OF WATER BY COLD. — THE CUP OF TANTALUS. — IMITATIVE DIVING BELL. — THE WATER-PROOF SIEVE. — MORE THAN FULL. — TO CAUSE WINE AND WATER TO CHANGE PLACES. — PYRAMID OF ALUM. — VISIBLE VIBRATION. — CHARCOAL IN SUGAR. — FLOATING NEEDLES. — WATER IN A SLING. — ATTRACTION IN A GLASS OF WATER. — TO PREVENT CORK FLOATING IN WATER. — INSTANTANEOUS FREEZING. — TO FREEZE WATER WITH ETHER. — PRODUCTION OF NITRE. — CURIOUS TRANSPOSITION. — ANIMAL BAROMETER. — MAGIC SOAP. — EQUAL PRESSURE OF WATER. — TO EMPTY A GLASS UNDER WATER. — TO EMPTY A GLASS OF WATER WITHOUT TOUCHING IT. — DECOMPOSITION OF WATER. — WATER HEAVIER THAN WINE. — TO INFLATE A BLADDER WITHOUT AIR. — AIR AND WATER BALLOON. — HEATED AIR BALLOON. — THE PNEUMATIC TINDER-BOX. — THE BACCHUS EXPERIMENT. — THE MYSTERIOUS CIRCLES. — PRINCE RUPERT’S DROPS. — VEGETABLE HYGROMETER. — THE PNEUMATIC DANCER. — THE ASCENDING SNAKE. — THE PNEUMATIC PHIAL. — RESIN BUBBLES. — MOISTURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE. — CLIMATES OF A ROOM. — BUBBLES ON CHAMPAGNE. — PROOFS THAT AIR IS A HEAVY FLUID. — TO SUPPORT A PEA ON AIR. — PYROPHORUS, OR AIR-TINDER. — BEAUTY OF A SOAP BUBBLE. — WHY A GUINEA FALLS MORE QUICKLY THAN A FEATHER THROUGH THE AIR. — SOLIDITY OF AIR. — BREATHING AND SMELLING.
17. 17.SLEIGHTS AND SUBTLETIES.
18. 18.THE RING AND THE HANDKERCHIEF. — THE KNOTTED HANDKERCHIEF. — THE INVISIBLE SPRINGS. — THE MIRACULOUS APPLE. — THE SELF-BALANCED PAIL. — THE PHANTOM AT COMMAND. — THE MIRACULOUS SHILLING. — THE LOCOMOTIVE SHILLING. — THE PENETRATIVE SIXPENCE. — THE VANISHING SIXPENCE. — TO MAKE A SIXPENCE BALANCE AND SPIN ON ITS EDGE, ON THE POINT OF A NEEDLE. — THE MULTIPLYING COIN. — MAGIC RAT TRAP. — TO SHOW THE VELOCITY OF MOTION. — THE EXPLODING BUBBLE. — THE MAGIC PICTURE. — ARTIFICIAL LIGHTNING. — THREE OBJECTS, DISCERNIBLE ONLY WITH BOTH EYES. — TO TELL BY A WATCH DIAL THE HOUR WHEN A PERSON INTENDS TO RISE. — TO MAKE A RING SUSPEND BY A THREAD, AFTER THE THREAD HAS BEEN BURNED. — TO MELT A PIECE OF MONEY IN A WALNUT-SHELL, WITHOUT INJURING THE SHELL. — THE MAGICAL MIRRORS. — THE ENCHANTED BOTTLE. — THE ARMED APPARITION. — TO EXTRACT THE SILVER OUT OF A RING, THAT IS THICK GILDED, SO THAT THE GOLD MAY REMAIN ENTIRE. — CURIOUS EXPERIMENT WITH A GLASS OF WATER. — A LUMINOUS BOTTLE, WHICH WILL SHOW THE HOUR ON A WATCH IN THE DARK.
19. 19.RUSES. — THE WONDERFUL HAT. — TO BRING A PERSON DOWN UPON A FEATHER. — THE APPARENT IMPOSSIBILITY. — AN OMELET COOKED IN A HAT, OVER THE FLAME OF A CANDLE. — THE IMPOSSIBLE OMELET. — GO IF YOU CAN. — THE FIGURE PUZZLE. — THE VISIBLE INVISIBLE. — THE DOUBLE MEANING. — QUITE TIRED OUT. — SOMETHING OUT OF THE COMMON. — TO RUB ONE SIXPENCE INTO TWO. — MAGIC CIRCLE.
20. 20.MELANGE.
21. 21.ILLUSIONS OF TOUCH. — ILLUSION OF THE TASTE. — THE GENERAL BLEACHER. — INFLUENCE OF COLOURED GLASS ON BULBOUS ROOTS. — THE SPINNING-TOP “ASLEEP.” — TO JUDGE OF WEIGHTS. — QUICKSILVER AND OIL UNITED. — TO DISSOLVE THE SODA IN GLASS. — WATERPROOF PAPER. — TO DISSOLVE GOLD OR PLATINUM. — COLDER THAN ICE. — CONTRA-CRYSTALLIZATION. — ONE AND ONE DO NOT MAKE TWO. — TO COPY WRITING INSTANTLY. — THE RIVAL DIALS. — TO SPIN INDIAN RUBBER. — INDELIBLE WRITING. — VEGETABLE ANATOMY. — TO TELL WHAT O’CLOCK IT IS BY THE MOON. — THE PHYSIOGNOTYPE. — INFINITE DIVISIBILITY OF MATTER. — HOLDING THE BREATH. — SAND IN THE HOUR-GLASS. — RESISTANCE OF SAND. — GLASS BROKEN BY SAND. — TO BLEACH IVORY. — VANISHING SHELLS. — THE MAGIC EGG. — THE MAGIC WHIRLPOOL. — MAGIC PORCELAIN. — A GALVANIC TONGUE. — DRINKING PORTER OUT OF PEWTER. — ELECTRIC OR GALVANIC PRESERVATION. — LIGHT FROM THE DIAMOND. — TO BREAK A STONE WITH A BLOW OF THE FIST. — MIMIC FROST-WORK. — TO MELT LEAD IN A PIECE OF PAPER. — HYDROSTATIC BALANCE. — METALLIC REDUCTION.
22. 22.SIMPLE ELECTRICITY. — ELECTRICAL ATTRACTION AND REPULSION. — ALCHEMICAL ELECTRICITY. — THE ELECTRIC BALLS. — THE ELECTRIC DANCE. — ELECTRIC LIGHT. — ELECTRIC LIGHT FROM BROWN PAPER. — SUDDEN PRODUCTION OF LIGHT. — ELECTRICITY OF THE CAT.

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