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... startling feats of legerdemain performed by the celebrated Prestidigita- teurs , Robert Houdin , Frikell , Dr. Lynn , Professor Anderson , and others . CHATTO & WINDUS , Piccadilly , W. TREASURY ; OR , COMPLETE ART OF MAKING FIREWORKS .
... startling feats of legerdemain performed by the celebrated Prestidigita- teurs , Robert Houdin , Frikell , Dr. Lynn , Professor Anderson , and others . CHATTO & WINDUS , Piccadilly , W. TREASURY ; OR , COMPLETE ART OF MAKING FIREWORKS .
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Thomas Kentish (pyrotechnist.) TREASURY ; OR , COMPLETE ART OF MAKING FIREWORKS . THOMAS BY KENTISH . Flammas Jovis , et sonitus imitatur Olympi . BIBLIOTHER NOV ' 570 BODLEIRNA VIRGIL , Æn . vi . 586 . London : CHATTO & WINDUS ...
Thomas Kentish (pyrotechnist.) TREASURY ; OR , COMPLETE ART OF MAKING FIREWORKS . THOMAS BY KENTISH . Flammas Jovis , et sonitus imitatur Olympi . BIBLIOTHER NOV ' 570 BODLEIRNA VIRGIL , Æn . vi . 586 . London : CHATTO & WINDUS ...
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... complete and comprehensive as possible . In conclusion , I may say that I have had thirty - five years ' experience ; and there is nothing I have not tried repeatedly : the reader may , therefore , place the greatest con- fidence in ...
... complete and comprehensive as possible . In conclusion , I may say that I have had thirty - five years ' experience ; and there is nothing I have not tried repeatedly : the reader may , therefore , place the greatest con- fidence in ...
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... complete . If the paper does not appear sufficiently thick to make a good report , cut the strips broader , and fewer to the sheet ; but always cut them up the short way of the paper , or they will not bend properly . The paper for ...
... complete . If the paper does not appear sufficiently thick to make a good report , cut the strips broader , and fewer to the sheet ; but always cut them up the short way of the paper , or they will not bend properly . The paper for ...
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... complete . Amateurs require nothing of this kind . A small mortar may be a tube , open at both ends , and fitted with a wooden bottom , to which it is to be firmly screwed . Fig . 94 represents such mortar it may be 4 diameters high ...
... complete . Amateurs require nothing of this kind . A small mortar may be a tube , open at both ends , and fitted with a wooden bottom , to which it is to be firmly screwed . Fig . 94 represents such mortar it may be 4 diameters high ...
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