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Leyden Jar Experiments
from "The Young Man`s Book of Amusement"

A selection of experiments of dubious safety from the book -

The Leyden Phial
To Pierce a Card &c.; by Electricity
The Inconceivable Shock
Electrical Illumination
The Miraculous Luminaries
The Illuminated Vacuum
Resin Ignited by Electricity
Electrified Ball

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