The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Great Exhibition of Nitrous Oxide Gas at the Cooper Institute

Anonymous. "Great Exhibition of Nitrous Oxide Gas at the Cooper Institute." Vanity Fair, February 22, 1862, 98.
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Type
magazine
Genre
commentary
Abstract

The Vanity Fair sends a reporter to observe--not partake--of the gas. He sees an ex-President overcome the effects of the gas and a familiar rival dance a jig.