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page attempts to record what is known about the origin
and history of the effect known as How to Melt Tin in a
Playing Card. Please contact me if you know any of this
information is incorrect or if you have any other
information that should be added. Thank you. ********** 1880 As far as I know this effect first appeared as 'Fusion de l’étain dans une carte à jour' on pp 9-10 of 'La Nature' 366 of June 5th, 1880 in an article written by Gaston Tissandier under the title 'Les Physiques Sans Appareils' . It was subsequently included in the 1883 3rd Edition of Gaston Tissandier's 'Les Recreations Scientifique' and was probably also included in the 1880 1st and 1881 2nd editions.
********** The effect also appears in: 1883 'Recreaciones científicas ó la física y la química sin aparatos ni laboratorio y solo por los juegos de la infancia' by Gaston Tissandier, a Spanish translation of 'Les Recreations Scientifique', which was published in Madrid in 1883.
********** 'Popular Scientific Recreations', which was published by Ward, Lock and Co Ltd in London and New York, also in 1883.
********** 1890 'Scientific Amusements' by Henry Frith was first published by Ward, Locke and Co Ltd in London, New York and Melbourne in 1890.
********** 1918 'Ciencia Recreativa' by Jose Estralella, which was published by Gustavo Gili in Barcelona in 1918.
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