02278cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000100011910000310012924500180016026400510017830000470022933600260027633700260030233800360032850000310036450801900039552011720058553400450175765300400180265300500184285600430189299900170193550404UtSlPG20260610134146.0mcr n260607r2015||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a05017766  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aGVaQ1 aPerkins, Henry,d1803-188910aParlour Magic 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2015  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2015-11-07  aProduced by Chris Curnow, Emmy and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was
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Internet Archive)  a"Parlour Magic" by Henry Perkins is a manual of entertaining scientific experiments and illusions intended for family recreation, likely written in the mid-19th century. The work aims to provide youth with creative and instructive ways to engage their friends during leisure time, using simple experiments that can be performed at home. Through a collection of engaging phenomena and magical tricks, the book encourages young readers to explore scientific principles while fostering their ability to impress and entertain.  At the start of "Parlour Magic," the author outlines the purpose of the book, emphasizing its intention to relieve boredom and enrich social gatherings through playful experimentation. Perkins introduces a variety of light and color experiments, such as changing the color of flowers using heat and showcasing the properties of light through simple apparatuses. These opening portions highlight the accessible nature of the experiments, which require minimal materials and are designed for a parlour or drawing-room setting, allowing young "conjurors" to amaze their friends with scientific magic. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aMagic tricks -- Juvenile literature  aScientific recreations -- Juvenile literature40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50404  c91242d91242