Natvrall and artificiall conclvsions. Compiled first in Latine, by the worthiest and best authors, both of the famous University of Padua in Italy, and divers other places. Englished since, and set forth by Thomas Hill, Londoner, whose own experiments in this kinde, were held most excellent. And now againe published, with a new addition of rarities, for the practise of sundry artificers; as also to recreate wits withall at vacant times.
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Natvrall and artificiall conclvsions. Compiled first in Latine, by the worthiest and best authors, both of the famous University of Padua in Italy, and divers other places. Englished since, and set forth by Thomas Hill, Londoner, whose own experiments in this kinde, were held most excellent. And now againe published, with a new addition of rarities, for the practise of sundry artificers; as also to recreate wits withall at vacant times.
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Hill, Thomas, b. ca. 1528.
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London :: printed by Iane Bell, dwelling at the East end of Christs-Church,
1650 [i.e. 1649]
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Magic -- Early works to 1800.
Magic tricks -- Early works to 1800.
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"Natvrall and artificiall conclvsions. Compiled first in Latine, by the worthiest and best authors, both of the famous University of Padua in Italy, and divers other places. Englished since, and set forth by Thomas Hill, Londoner, whose own experiments in this kinde, were held most excellent. And now againe published, with a new addition of rarities, for the practise of sundry artificers; as also to recreate wits withall at vacant times." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A43811.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.
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CXXVIII. How to make of paper a Bird, Frog, or other artificial creature, to creep on the ground, flee, or run upon a wall or post.
[illustration]
(Book 128)
TAke a piece of Paper, and cut it with a knife or cizers into the form of the Fi∣gure before, (or what other you please:) then take a little piece of Wax, Pitch, or other glutenous stuff; and on the backside, where you see the letter A, place it: Then warm it at the fire and stick thereon a Fly, Beetle, or what other such small voluble creature you shall think fit: and you shall hereupon behold a very pretty conceited motion, with content sufficient, and a kinde of pleasant admiration.
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