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Note.—The American Sunday-school Union have made anarrangement with the London Religious Tract Society, to publish,concurrently with them, such of their valuable works asare best suited to our circulation. In making the selection,reference will be had to the general utility of the volumes, andtheir sound moral tendency. They will occupy a distinct placeon our catalogue, and will constitute a valuable addition to ourstock of books for family and general reading.
As they will be, substantially, reprints of the London edition,the credit of their general character will belong to our Englishbrethren and not to us; and we may add, that the republicationof them, under our joint imprint, involves us in no responsibilitybeyond that of a judicious selection. We cheerfullyavail ourselves of this arrangement for giving wider influenceand value to the labours of a sister institution so catholic inits character and so efficient in its operations as the LondonReligious Tract Society.
☞ The present volume is issued under the above arrangement.
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| CHAPTER I. | |
| PAGE | |
| The magi of the east—Magical power attributed to numbers, plants, and minerals | 5 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Feats of modern magicians—Their wonders explained—The snake-charmers of India—A Chinese delusion—The magician of Cairo | 10 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Machines considered magical in ancient times—Remarkable modern automata—Minute engines—The calculating machine | 30 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Terrestrial phenomena—Footmarks on rocks—The Logan stone—Sounds in stones—The cave of St. Paul—Atmospherical phenomena—Intermitting springs—Waters of magical power | 41 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Chemical wonders—Ice obtained in a red-hot vessel—The corpse candles of Wales—Luminous appearances after death—Sadoomeh the magician—The laughing gas—Sulphuric ether—Chloroform—Gunpowder compared with gun-cotton | 62... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |