Volume 1

Rational recreations, in which the principles of numbers and natural philosophy are clearly and copiously elucidated by a series of easy, entertaining, interesting experiments. Among which are all those commonly performed with the cards / By W. Hooper.

  • Hooper, William, M.D.
Date:
1787
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Rational recreations, in which the principles of numbers and natural philosophy are clearly and copiously elucidated by a series of easy, entertaining, interesting experiments. Among which are all those commonly performed with the cards / By W. Hooper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Order of the cards. Colours. Objects. Words. 26 Green Bird P refen t 27 Yellow Flower As 28 Red Bird Changes 29 Red Bird Boforn 3° Yellow Orange Me 31 White Butterfly Your 3 2 White Butterfly I long The cards thus coloured, figured, and tranfcribed, are to be put in a cafe, in the order they here Hand. When you would perform this Recrea- tion you take the cards out of the cafe, and fiiovv, without changing the order in which they were put, that the colours, objeds, and words are all placed promif- cuoully. You then fhuffle them in the fame manner as before, and deal them, two and two, to four perfons, obferving that they do not take up their cards till all are dealt, nor mix them together : and the eight cards dealt to each perfon will be found all of one colour. You then take each