How to amuse an evening party : a complete collection of home recreations .. (1869)
New York : Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 101
ASMAGORIA. Between the phantasmagoria and the magie lantern there is this differ- ence : in common magic lanterns the figures are painted on transparent glass, consequently the image on the screen is a circle of light, having figures upon it ; but in the phantasmagoria all the glass is made opaque,… … There is no sheet to receive the picture, but the representation is thrown on a thin screen of silk or muslin, placed between the spectators and the lantern. The images are made to appear approaching and receding, by removing the lantern farther from the screen, or bringing it nearer to it. This is…
Indoor games · Entertaining · Amusements
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