Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 108
ion will be more successful. Silkis better than cloth for rubbing purposes. THE MAGICIAN.The little toy depicted in the Illustration is based on ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM. 91 the property of repulsion possessed by the opposite polesof magnets. It consists of a magician, or diviner,fixed on a pivot… … Fig. 76.—The Magnetized IMagician. and when a card is put into the pediment of the figurethe magician turns the magnet in the form of a horse-shoe (U) hidden in his dress, obeys the influence of theother magnet in the card, and with his magic wand heindicates a number in the circle which surrounds…
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