Parlour Magic
Parlour Magic
作者：Perkins, Henry, 1803-1889 [Publisher]
体例：题 章数：389
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共 389 题- REVISED AND IMPROVED.
- TRANSMUTATIONS.
- 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.
- SIGHT AND SOUND.
- 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.
- WAFER. SPECIMEN.
- 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.
- 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.
- GAS AND STEAM.
- 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.
- FIRE, WATER, AND AIR.
- 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.
- SLEIGHTS AND SUBTLETIES.
- 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.
- 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.
- The hour the hand is placed at is 8
- 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.
- CURIOUS EXPERIMENT WITH A GLASS OF WATER.
- A LUMINOUS BOTTLE, WHICH WILL SHOW THE HOUR ON A WATCH IN THE DARK.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Page 3, “loose” changed to “lose” (it will lose all)
- Page 54, “versá” changed to “versâ” (red, and _vice versâ_)
- Page 60, “widows” changed to “windows” (glasses in druggists’ windows)
- Page 82, “cut” changed to “out” (throwing out luminous)
- Page 83, “Duch” changed to “Dutch” (copper, or “Dutch metal,”)
- Page 98, “FRAME” changed to “FLAME” (COMBUSTION WITHOUT FLAME)
- Page 100, “fell” changed to “feel” (will feel _warmth_)
- Page 100, “fully” changed to “full” (cup nearly full of water)
- Page 111, word “a” added to text (jar with a bladder)
- Page 111, “amadon” changed to “amadou” (a scrap of amadou)
- Page 113, “have” changed to “has” (tube passes has)
- Page 114, “smells” changed to “swells” (the moisture swells the)
- Page 114, “increase” changed to “increases” (threads, and increases)
- Page 116, “as so” changed to “so as” (so as to resemble)
- Page 127, “befow” changed to “below” (below the ring)
- Page 132, “pale” changed to “pail” (pail of water on)
- Page 156, “skaiter” changed to “skater” (as a skater does)