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Hocus pocus [electronic resource] : or, a rich cabinet of legerdemain curiosities, natural and artif...

Hocus pocus [electronic resource] : or, a rich cabinet of legerdemain curiosities, natural and artif...

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvbyoqLaMl

Hocus pocus [electronic resource] : or, a rich cabinet of legerdemain curiosities, natural and artificial conclusions. Shewing 1. How to cleave Money. 2. To make Sport with Cats, Ducks, or Poultry. 3. To hang two Knives on the brim of a glass. 4. To wash your Hands in melted Lead without damage. 5. To make a Sixpence seem to fall thro' a Table. 6. To teach Children to Read by Dice. 7. Divers wonderful Things done by the Loadstone. 8. To catch kites, crows, Mogpies, &c. alive. 9. To catch a Pick-Pocket. 10. To name a Pack of Cards, and not see them. 11. To write Love Letters secretly. 12. Experiments in Drawing, Painting, Geometry, Astronomy, &c. 13. To make variety of Fireworks. 14. To keep Fowl Venison, or any Flesh, sweet a Month. 15 To make a Drink when you cannot relish other Liquors. 16. To fox Fish and Fowle. 17. To make one Candle out outlast three: 18. To preserve Fruit all the Year. 19. To make excellent Plaistering for Ceilings or Wolls. With many other Natural and Artificial Conclusions, affording great Variety of Innocent Sport and pastime. - Adorn'd with above AC curious Cuts. By J. White, a Lover of Art and ingenuity .

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Hocus pocus [electronic resource] : or, a rich cabinet of legerdemain curiosities, natural and artificial conclusions. Shewing 1. How to cleave Money. 2. To make Sport with Cats, Ducks, or Poultry. 3. To hang two Knives on the brim of a glass. 4. To wash your Hands in melted Lead without damage. 5. To make a Sixpence seem to fall thro' a Table. 6. To teach Children to Read by Dice. 7. Divers wonderful Things done by the Loadstone. 8. To catch kites, crows, Mogpies, &c. alive. 9. To catch a Pick-Pocket. 10. To name a Pack of Cards, and not see them. 11. To write Love Letters secretly. 12. Experiments in Drawing, Painting, Geometry, Astronomy, &c. 13. To make variety of Fireworks. 14. To keep Fowl Venison, or any Flesh, sweet a Month. 15 To make a Drink when you cannot relish other Liquors. 16. To fox Fish and Fowle. 17. To make one Candle out outlast three: 18. To preserve Fruit all the Year. 19. To make excellent Plaistering for Ceilings or Wolls. With many other Natural and Artificial Conclusions, affording great Variety of Innocent Sport and pastime. - Adorn'd with above AC curious Cuts. By J. White, a Lover of Art and ingenuity .

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[London] : Sold at the Ring in Little Britain, pr. 1s. as also Hill's Legerdemain, and Arts Treasury, [1715?]

Uniform title

Rich cabinet, with variety of inventions.

Date

[1715?]

Record Identifier

74VvbyoqLaMl

MMS ID

991014975189702626

Language

English

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96p. : ill. ; 18°.

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Publisher

[London] : Sold at the Ring in Little Britain, pr. 1s. as also Hill's Legerdemain, and Arts Treasury, [1715?]

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

[1715?]

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Hocus pocus [electronic resource] : or, a rich cabinet of legerdemain curiosities, natural and artificial conclusions. Shewing 1. How to cleave Money. 2. To make Sport with Cats, Ducks, or Poultry. 3. To hang two Knives on the brim of a glass. 4. To wash your Hands in melted Lead without damage. 5. To make a Sixpence seem to fall thro' a Table. 6....

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General note

Originally published in 1651 as 'A rich cabinet, with variety of inventions'.

Price from imprint: Price each 1s. A thousand notable [illegible], the way to save Wealth, and the way to get Wealth, 1s. 6d. each: Sports and Pastime, 6d.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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74VvbyoqLaMl

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MMS ID

991014975189702626