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Letters on Natural Magic; Addressed to Sir Walter Scott, Bart.

Letters on Natural Magic; Addressed to Sir Walter Scott, Bart.

by Brewster, David

Occult PhilosophyHermeticismModern

Scientific recreations

Chapters

16

Total Words

99,434

Reading Time

398 min

Published

1811

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Table of Contents

1.Preface
141 min
2.M. Haue was desirous of making further experiments, but the figure
26 min
3.M. Haue and the landlord saw it together, each observer will see his
19 min
4.M. St. Gille, a grocer of St. Germain-en-Laye, whose performances have
38 min
5.M. Kratzenstein, who showed that all the vowels could be distinctly
1 min
6.M. Kempelen of Vienna, a celebrated mechanician, was occupied with the
3 min
7.M. Kratzenstein seems to have been equally unsuccessful; for though he
35 min
8.M. Seetzen, the first European traveller who visited this extraordinary
2 min
9.M. Seetzen throws out some conjectures respecting the cause of
36 min
10.D. Back door of ditto.
1 min
11.I. Screen behind the machinery.
1 min
12.L. A box which serves to conceal an opening in the floor of the large
1 min
13.M. A similar box to receive the toes of the player in the first
2 min
14.M. Maillardet has executed an automaton which both writes and draws.
3 min
15.M. Maillardet has constructed various other automata, representing
70 min
16.D. BREWSTER.
29 min

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