Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 138
he persons boots,two others place their fingers under each elbow, and afifth under the chin of the subject. At a given signaleach person lifts his hand and the person is easily lifted up(Fig. 95)• The result may seem very surprising, but it isonly a question of the equal sub-division of weight. The… … GiLBEf\T. , Fig. 95.—A Man held up by Five Fingers. ATTJ^ACT/OJV. Take a cork and fix in it three hairpins, so as to forma species of tripod. In the centre fix a knitting-needle,and on this fasten a sheet of paper cut as shown in theillustration Fig. 96. We have now two surfaces of paper A and B,…
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