Man Blowing Out a Candle

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A man leans over a table with his cheeks puffed out to blow out a candle placed behind a bottle

How to blow out a candle placed behind a bottle.

(P. 56.)

Artist

Name:: Gilbert, C.
Dates:: 18??-18??
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Science & Technology
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Tilly, Auguste
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The Getty Research Institute, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Les récréations scientifiques
Author:: Tissandier, Gaston
Publisher:: Paris: G. Masson, n.d. [1884]

Description:

A man leans over a table with his cheeks puffed out to blow out a candle placed behind a bottle. This picture illustrates the principle according to which the bottle wouldn’t stop the candle from being blown out by the experimenter.

The caption reads in the original French: Manière d’éteindre une bougie placée derrière une bouteille.

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