Chapter I: Front Matter

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A COLLECTION OF TRICKS IN WHICH WATER IS THE CHIEF AGENT

BY
ARTHUR AINSLIE

_ILLUSTRATED BY 20 DIAGRAMS_

London
C. Arthur Pearson, Limited
Henrietta Street, W.C.
1922

Printed in Great Britain at
_The Mayflower Press, Plymouth_. William Brendon & Son, Ltd.

CONTENTS

PAGE

I. Little Tricks 11

The Impossible--"An old One"--A Quaint Mixture--The Shower
Bath--A Steady Hand--In the Soup--On the Edge

II. Little Tricks--(_continued_) 26

Topsy Turvy--A Sporting Offer--A Feat of Dexterity--More
than Full--The Obedient Corks--A Peculiar Egg--The Suspended
Mug--The Sticky Glass--The Floating Pin--Washing a Card

III. The Hydrostatic Tube (David Devant's Trick) 43

IV. The Passe-Passe Trick 50

V. The Rice Bowls 60

VI. The Indian Sands 75

VII. The Dissolved Card 83

VIII. Miscellaneous Water Tricks 96

The Wine and Water Trick (David Devant's method)--The
Vanishing Glass of Water--The Vanishing Water--The Aquarius
Tube--Links--The Milk Cans--Water from Waste Paper--Cotton
Wool to Water--Silk from Water

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