Boys' own book : a complete encyclopedia of athletic, scientific, outdoor, and indoor sports (1881)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838 · New York : J. Miller, Publisher · leaf 530
oy the illusion. Nothing can be more satisfactory than your explanationof this very extraordinary toy, observed the vicar. I am now about to exhibit wliat I consider a great im-provement in its construction, inasmuch as we thus get rid ofthe mirror, and enable two persons to witness the deceptionat… … By revolving the spindle, you perceive that both cardsare made to turn round with equal velocity. Tom, saidhis father, look through the orifices of the disk on my righthand, and, Louisa, do the same on my left. The childrenobeyed, and simultaneously expressed their wonder at whatthey witnessed. The…
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