Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 443
elf to the demonstra-tion of curious effects before a numerous auditory. Theingenious inventor has recently contrived also a very curiousimprovement in the original apparatus In the PraxinoscopeTheatre he has succeeded in producing truly ornamentaltableaux, as on a small Lilliputian stage, in the… … M. reynauds theatre. 87 will form an object animated by the rotation given to thePraxinoscope. To supply the decorations, he arranges onthe black foundation the image of an appropriate coloureddesign by means of a piece of glass. It is well knownthat transparent glass possesses the property of…
Scientific recreations
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