/chapter-4-the-counterpane/ Thu, 18 Sep 2014 10:41:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.1 /chapter-4-the-counterpane/#comment-90 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:09:58 +0000 /?p=4531#comment-90 […] Chapter 4: The Counterpane | Moby Dick Big Read Harry Houdini liked a good science experiment. He was a magician, yes, and an escape artist, too, but both of those pursuits also made him an amateur scientist. Science found, Houdini applied, audiences raved. So, it is with special interest that we recommend you check out Houdini's copy of <i>Scientific Amusements </i>, a book by Henry Firth that is filled with things you might call simple magic tricks, if they did not demonstrate principles of science. The book was gifted to the Library of Congress and now available as part of a special collection online . […]

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