Curiosities of Science
Anon
Genre: | Announcement, Drollery |
Subjects: | Electricity, Meteorology, Domestic Economy |
Responding to news that a 'certain professor would produce the bottled smell of lightning', suggests that 'thunderbolts' can likewise be tamed so that 'timid people may fasten their bedroom doors with them'. | |
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