Evans, Henry Ridgely, b. 1861 · Chicago : The Open court Pub. Co.; [etc., etc.] · leaf 181
oublepulley fixed in the room above. To any one who has the mostelementary acquaintance with the laws of mechanics, it will beobvious that the strength of the person who holds the handle ofthe windlass above is multiplied tenfold, and that he can easilyovercome e\en the combined resistance of five… … Fig. 2. The Talking Bust. support. The performer, habited as an Athenian noble, addressedquestions to the mutilated philosopher and received replies instanzas of elegiac verse. The iiiisc en scene is represented inFig. 2. Houdin explains the illusion as follows: A, B, C, D, (Fig. 3) represent a…
Magic tricks
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