Cyclopadic Science SimplifiedF. Warne and Company, 1869 - 685 pages |
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... closed , and being as quickly opened , he is found to have disappeared , again to appear after the door is once more closed and opened . This illusion is produced by two plane silvered mirrors , folding into the sides of the box , and ...
... closed , and being as quickly opened , he is found to have disappeared , again to appear after the door is once more closed and opened . This illusion is produced by two plane silvered mirrors , folding into the sides of the box , and ...
Page 145
... closed at the top , but has a horizontal branch united to it , at B , which is connected with a tube , A B , made of platinum , which terminates in a hollow globe or ball , A , also made of pla- tinum . In the tube B A is fixed a stop ...
... closed at the top , but has a horizontal branch united to it , at B , which is connected with a tube , A B , made of platinum , which terminates in a hollow globe or ball , A , also made of pla- tinum . In the tube B A is fixed a stop ...
Page 319
... closed ; in that end is fixed a wire and plate , a , pro- ceeding so far downwards , that , when in the position figured , it shall be as near to the angle as possible , consistently with the collection , at the closed extremity of the ...
... closed ; in that end is fixed a wire and plate , a , pro- ceeding so far downwards , that , when in the position figured , it shall be as near to the angle as possible , consistently with the collection , at the closed extremity of the ...
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