{"product_id":"rational-recreations-ebook","title":"Rational Recreations","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe great 18th-century collection of experiments in numbers and natural philosophy, all four volumes in one file. Arithmetical card and number tricks, mechanical, optical, magnetic and chemical amusements, each explained so you can perform it. This scan is the 1787 London edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!--toc--\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat’s inside\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArithmetic\u003c\/strong\u003e — Vol. I: properties of numbers, the Roman abacus, recreations with numbers and dice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCombinations of the cards\u003c\/strong\u003e — card arrangements and recreations at piquet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWriting in cypher\u003c\/strong\u003e — secret messages with cards, the mystical dial, the musical cypher\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMechanics\u003c\/strong\u003e — levers and pulleys, clocks, the sailing chariot, the uninvertible carriage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOptics: dioptrics\u003c\/strong\u003e — Vol. II: lenses, the dark chamber, lantern shows\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOptics: catoptrics\u003c\/strong\u003e — mirrors and reflections, the animated optic balls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eChromatics\u003c\/strong\u003e — the colours of light, the real apparition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAcoustics\u003c\/strong\u003e — sound, the communicative busts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eElectricity\u003c\/strong\u003e — Vol. III: the electric machine and electrical recreations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMagnetism\u003c\/strong\u003e — artificial magnets, the magnetic wand, the magnetical and mechanical table\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePneumatics\u003c\/strong\u003e — Vol. IV: the air pump, the barometer, artificial rain and hail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHydrology\u003c\/strong\u003e — syphons and pumps, the water-clock, fountains, the hydraulic dancer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePyrotechnics\u003c\/strong\u003e — the properties of fire, phosphorus, illuminations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eChemical recreations\u003c\/strong\u003e — Appendix: colour-changing liquids, magical vegetation, the tree of Diana\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRecreations of address and dexterity\u003c\/strong\u003e — card tricks, the magic ring, the penetrative guinea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAn artificial memory\u003c\/strong\u003e — remembering numbers, dates and words\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003c!--toc--\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Hooper, 1774.\u003c\/strong\u003e 1,434-page PDF. Free to download: check out at $0 and the file arrives by email and on your order page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis classic is in the public domain. Scans come from library copies, so expect the odd stain or stamp of an old book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Hooper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67578980892822,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0427\/2108\/3549\/files\/rational-recreations-cover.jpg?v=1791445249","url":"https:\/\/theonlinemagicstore.com\/products\/rational-recreations-ebook","provider":"The Online Magic Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}