The World's Encyclopedia of Wonders and Curiosities

Everything a Victorian found astonishing, gathered into one enormous volume — burning springs and buried cities, freaks of storm and flood, the habits of bees and the manners of nations, filed under headings like “Curiosities Respecting Man.”

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Contents of Appendix: Experiments

PAGE Magnetical Experiments......

To suspend a Ring by a Thread that has been burnt.

Electricity of Silk Stockings.
Electricity of Silk Stockings.

Chemical Illuminations..

A Flash of Lightning when one enters a Room with a lighted Candle.. The Fiery Fountain.....

A Lamp that will burn Twelve Months without replenishing. The Magic Oracle..

Method of constructing a Voltaic Pile..

Light produced by Friction, even under Water..

Hydraulic Experiments.....

Another Hydraulic Experiment, called the Miraculous Vessel A curious Hydraulic Experiment, called Tantalus's Cup A curious Chemical Experiment, called the Tree of Diana 872 872 872 ... ... .. ..... 872 .. 873 .... .. ... 875 .. 876 878 879 .. 880 880 880 A remarkable Experiment, called Prince Rupert's Drops 881 How to make Sympathetic Inks of various Kinds.... .. 881 ....

Contents of Appendix: Experiments — from Wonders and Curiosities (1883)
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