HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE
THE MAGIC KETTLE. No doubt everyone who has read of the marvels of liquid air will be interested in the announcement of the appearance in Gisborne on Wednesday and Thursday next of Professor Andrews and his Magic Kettle. The experiments performed with this subtle fluid are most mystifying and entertaining. The kettle oontains about 740 oubio feet of ordinary atmosphere, and the liquid air being about 800 degrees below zero, freezing under it is a matter of lightning changes. Alcohol, one of the most difficult substances to freeze, is instantly solidified. A piece of raw steak placed on the kettle rings like a bell. The power of the air forces a ping from an iron, tube as a shot from a gun. The kettle boils on a block of ice. Flowers are transformed into frozen beauty by oontaot' with the kettle ; ice cream is made " instanter ” ; an indiatubber ball becomes brittle as glaßß. Not Biuoe the phonograph and the kinematograph were first introduced has there been such a remarkable new achievement of soienoe shown to colonial audiences ; and never has there been one with greater possibilities for the future than the marvellous liquid air. Professor Roberts’ exhibition iB supported by a firßt-olass company of. musioal and comedy entertainers.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1600, 13 November 1905, Page 2
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211HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1600, 13 November 1905, Page 2
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