Evans, Henry Ridgely, b. 1861 · Chicago : The Open court Pub. Co.; [etc., etc.] · leaf 24
w members of the craft of scientific magic at leastas early as the end of the middle ages, for we have an old draw-ing, which is here reproduced, showing that it was employedin warfare as a means of striking terror in the ranks of theenemy. We have no information as to the success of the… … Magic Lantern of Johannes pe Fontana,ABOUT 1420. [The apparatus is quite crude in comparisonwith modern instruments of the same kind. Itpossesses no lens, the picture being drawn in anupright position upon cylindrical glass, presumablyblackened with the exception of the figure. Sofar as known this…
Magic tricks
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