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Miss Norton is programmed as a student
of Professor Pictet, of Zurich, Switzerland, and
claims to have conquered the science of manufacturing
rubies and other genuine gems by means
of an apparatus consisting of large vessels filled
with colored fluid. Several spectacular exhibitions
with Are and other flammable experiments
make the set rather mystifying and dubious.
It is showy, however, and interested the audience.
The particles of “manufactured” rubies
distributed in the audience are smelted stone
mixed with purple crystals.
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Variety 10:11 (05/23/1908)