Leaves from conjurers' scrap books, or, Modern magicians and their works (1891)
Burlingame, Hardin J, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · Chicago : Donohue, Henneberry & Co. · leaf 178
grees to theglass disk. The mirror reflects the image of theperson or object on the glass disk, but not the edgeof the same, or the rings carrying and surroundingsaid disk toward the audience, and as the transpar- THE AMPHITRITE ILLUSION. 175 ent glass disk is not reflected in the mirror the… … Fig. 3.rated and the light properly arranged, the mirror isnot to be detected, and the audience is led to believethat the image is in realit}^ the person or object onthe glass disk. Figure 1 is a view of the apparatusas seen from the space occupied by the audience.Figure 2 is a top view of the…
Magicians · Magic tricks
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