Gale's cabinet of knowledge or miscellaneous recreations. Containing moral and philosophical essays, propositions, natural and metaphysical maxims. And Observations on select subjects of general Utility. With a series of easy, entertaining, and interesting mechanical, magnetical, and magical experiments. Including the most celebrated card deceptions ever exhibited. together with about seven hundred serious, comical, and Humorous Queries, Paradoxes, &c. &c. With pertinent and ingenious answers. Being the Essence taken from The Lady's, Gentleman's, & Carnan's Diaries-Martin's Philosophical Magazines-Ozanam & Hooper's Recreations, &c. &c. (illustrated with Copper-Plate Engravings.) To which are added a great number of originals. Likewise, An appendix; containing various propositions tending to prove Light and Heat two distinct beings. With some curious definitions in Optics

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Gale, John
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London printed for James Wallis, No. 16, Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row 1797, 1797
Edition:	Second edition considerably enlarged
Subjects:	Amusements / Early Works To 1800 Literary Recreations / Early Works To 1800 Scientific Recreations / Early Works To 1800 Tricks / Early Works To 1800
Online Access:	http://nl.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/0529000400?orig...
Collection:	Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa