Swezey, Kenneth M.: Science Magic ©1952 McGraw-Hill Book Company, Ny Hardcover, w/dj, 180 pages

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Comments: Photographs by the author. Kenneth has a couple of other books, Chemical Magic, which isn't really a magic book, and After Dinner Science, which has a few entries could be related to magic.

Contents (from book ToC):

v A Word of Explanation

3 Jet Planes, Forces and Power
3 How a Jet Plane Gets Its Push
4 Reaction Makes This Turbine Spin
6 Peroxide Launches a Rocket
8 You Can't Straighten the Cord!
9 Salt Can Sometimes Be Strong
10 Can Two Teams Pull Harder Than One?
11 A Hammer Paradox
12 Test Your Own Horsepower

14 Gravity and Balance
14 Which Ruler Will Win?
15 Strike Here for Best Results
16 What Docs Your Hydrometer Indicate?
18 The Mysterious Bubble Dancer
19 Hot Air Lifts a Balloon
20 Hot Water Makes a Volcano
21 How Heavy Is the Apple?
22 Balancing Magic
24 A Box That Rolls Uphill
25 The Gravity-defying Funnels

26 Matter Is Lazy
26 Inertia Drives Nails and Cushions Blows
28 Inertia Helps Halve an Apple
29 Foucault's Pendulum
30 How the Earth Got Its Bulge
32 Centrifuges and Cream Separators
34 Centrifugal Force Dries Your Clothes
35 How a Cowboy Spins His Lariat

36 Lampwicks and Liquid Spheres
36 Why Drops Are Spherical
38 Surface Tension Tames a Cork
39 Hot Water Leaks Faster Than Cold
40 A Camphor-chip Ballet
41 The Unwettable Hand
42 A Sieve Holds Water
43 Why Liquids Rise in Plants and Wicks
44 A Capillary Samson
46 Jonah Swallows a Whale
47 Geber's Capillary Filter

48 Fluid Mechanics
48 Perpetual Motion?
50 Aerosol Bombs Work by Gas Pressure
51 Air Pressure Works This Elevator
52 A Cup for Tantalus
53 A Milk-bottle Barometer
54 Ammonia Makes a Fountain
56 You Can’t Compress Water
57 The Obedient Diver
58 Lift Books with Your Breath
59 Breath Can Support Different Weights

60 Fluids in Motion
60 Low Fluid Pressure Works Magic
62 Spray Guns and Carburetors
63 A Tube Loops the Loop
64 A Turbine Top

66 Sound and Vibration
66 A Soda Straw Orchestra
68 Sound Waves Are Physical Impulses
69 A Church Bell From a Spoon
70 Dry Ice Makes a Fork Sing
71 A Reflector Focuses Sound
72 Famous Curves Analyze Vibrations

74 Little Brother of Lightning
74 Static Is Everywhere
76 A Chewing-Gum-Wrapper Electroscope
78 Stretching Rubber Produces Static
79 Where Shall You Hide?
80 Static Makes Sandpaper and Textiles
82 The Magnetic Finger
83 Static Works This Pendulum

84 Magnets and Electric Currents
84 A Steel Knife Short Circuits a Magnet
85 Unfriendly Nails Slum a Meter Principle
86 Which Rod Is Magnetized?
87 Induction Magic Works Speedometer
88 Six Volts Change to 120!
89 Some Solutions Conduct - Others Don't
90 A Storage Battery in a Jiffy

92 Fire and Heat
92 Water Starts a Fire!
94 Light a Fire With a Glass
95 The Unburnable Handkerchief
96 Pharaoh's Serpents
97 A Chemical Fire Race
98 A Magic Volcano
100 Chemistry in a Candle Flame
102 Light That Is Also Heat
104 Focused Infrared Lights a Fire
105 Rubber Heats When Stretched

107 Ice, Cold, and Man-made Rain
107 Evaporation Produces Cold
108 How Your Refrigerator Keeps Frigid
109 Compression Heats—Expansion Cools
110 A Cut Ice Cube Remains Whole
111 Why Lakes Freeze from the Top Down
112 How Seeding Starts Snow and Rain
115 How to Supercool a Cloud
116 Make a Snowstorm in Your Kitchen

118 Light — Visible and Invisible
118 Why Water Seems Shallower Than It Is
120 Where Does the Color Go?
121 Rainbows on Your Pots and Pans
122 Invisible Light Makes Things Brighter
124 One-way Light
126 How Polarizing Glasses Reduce Glare

128 Seeing Is Deceiving
128 Want to See a Ghost?
130 See Through Your Hand!
131 The Phantom Frankfurter
132 Every Eye Has a Blind Spot
133 Are You Right-eyed or Left-eyed?
134 A Cardboard Disk Stops Motion
136 How to See Colors That Aren't There

138 Cosmic Rays and Atomic Energy
138 How to See Cosmic Rays at Home
140 A Cloud Chamber From a Jar
142 Atomic Energy Makes an X-ray Photo
144 Your Electroscope Detects Radiation
146 Pocket Viewer Shows Atomic Explosions

148 Chemical Magic
148 Chemicals with a Backbone of Sand
150 This Filter Separates Oil from Water
152 Putty That Bounces
154 Smoke from Empty Glasses
155 Electrolysis Speeds Up Corrosion
156 How Fire Resisting Paints Work
157 Extinguishing Fire with Foam

158 Chameleon Chemistry
158 Water to Wine and Wine to Water
160 Ammonia Makes This Maiden Blush
161 Red Cabbage Turns Green
162 Root Beer Changes to Water
163 Ink for People Who Change Their Minds
165 Water to Ink!
166 Pour Red White and Blue
167 A Color Change Indicates Humidity

168 Scientific Sleuthing
168 How Chemistry Helps Catch Criminals
170 Invisible Inks
172 Is the Coin Counterfeit?
173 Are You Buying Water?
174 Test Your Antifreeze
176 What Plastic Is That?

179 Index