How to Do Chemical Tricks
A. T. Anderson
Read by Kyle Van DeGlast
While a bit outdated in many of the more complex descriptions of several of the phenomena described, this book is nonetheless still fun and relevant for a person interested in basic chemistry or physics tricks, and the devices built in the book can be easily replicated with more modern materials. The book is split up into many little experiments, tricks, with an explanation on how it works, what's happening, and how to reproduce the effects at home.(summary by Kyle Van DeGlast) (1 hr 54 min)
Chapters
| How to do Chemical Tricks | 4:15 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Chemical Affinity, Sympathetic Inks | 5:52 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Alum Baskets, Easy Crystallizations | 1:27 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Charcoal Coated with Gold, Silver | 2:10 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Combustion | 2:19 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Chemistry of the Air | 7:52 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Amateur Air Pump, Asphyxia, Balloon in a Vacuum, Boiling Cold Water, A Sucking … | 8:18 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| The Barometer, A Novel Barometer | 4:37 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Compressed Air | 1:57 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Noiseless Bell, The Bursting Bladder, Weight of the Air | 1:46 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Spoons Which Will Melt in Hot Water | 0:31 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Effect of Compression | 0:35 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| To Cover Iron with Copper | 0:39 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| The Elements | 1:40 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Potassium, Metallic Colors | 4:05 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Crystallization of Metals | 1:33 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Crystallization, Beauties of Crystallization | 4:30 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| To Crystallize Camphor | 1:02 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| A Solid Change to a Liquid | 1:09 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Magic of Heat, Sublimation by Heat, Heat Passing Through Glass, Metals Unequall… | 3:41 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Spontaneous Combustion, Inequality of Heat in Fire-Irons, Expasion of Metal by … | 1:25 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| The Alchemist's Ink, Chameleon Liquids, Magic Dyes, Wine Changed into Water | 2:27 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| The Chemistry of Water | 3:01 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Two Bitters Make a Sweet | 0:26 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Visible and Invisible | 0:32 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| To Form a Liquid from Two Solids, Restoration of Color by Water, Two Liquids Ma… | 3:05 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| To Make Ice | 1:32 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Curious Change of Colors, The Protean Lights, To Change the Colors of Flowers, … | 2:32 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Marking Indelibly | 0:32 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Visible Growth | 1:09 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Colored Flames | 1:55 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Water of Different Temperatures in the Same Vessel | 0:41 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Warmth of Different Colors | 0:40 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Laughing Gas | 1:26 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Magic Vapor, Gas from the Union of Metals | 1:15 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Green Fire, Combustion of Three Metals | 1:03 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| To Make Paper Apparently Incombustible | 0:38 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Heat Not to be Estimated by Touch | 1:02 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Flame Upon Water, Rose-colored Flame Upon Water | 0:44 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Currents in Boiling Water, Hot Water Lighter than Cold, Expansion of Water by C… | 1:42 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| The Cup of Tantalus | 1:05 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| The Magic Whirlpool | 3:28 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Fire Under Water | 0:32 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| To Light Steel | 0:28 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| A Test of Love | 0:36 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| An Egg Pushed Into a Wine Bottle | 1:02 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| A Chemical Fountain | 1:55 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Weighing Gases | 1:45 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| In Water but not Wet | 0:36 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Image of a Volcano | 0:41 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Reciprocal Images | 1:14 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Imitation of Animal Tints | 1:15 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Melting a Coin | 0:33 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Explosive Gas | 0:47 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Cold from Evaporation | 0:24 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Self-Dancing Egg | 0:38 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Flash of Fire in a Room | 0:35 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Cast Iron Drops | 0:35 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Explosion without Heat, Fiery Powder | 1:33 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Illumination | 1:46 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Sun and Spirit | 0:29 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Stars in Waster | 1:48 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Parlor Ballooning | 0:54 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Marvelous | 0:37 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
| Mutability, the end | 1:10 | Read by Kyle Van DeGlast |
Reviews
Very Good
Bryan Vockie
The Description of experiments give a Basic Understanding of both chemical and physical nature and reactions of of common atoms and Molecules. The experiments Show both usefulness of The separation and or combination and also the volatility and danger involved in Chemical/Physical reactions. The description are well done although written many years ago...it utilizes many common reactants, solvents,solutes, etc along with detailed experimental technique.
IJ
Excellent ideas, easy to do if you lived back then. Good for falling asleep, as it is read well and only some would be interested.