The magician's own book, or The whole art of conjuring (1862)
Arnold, George, 1834-1865, Cahill, Frank · New York, Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 182
the sheet, introduce one of theslides into the slit, taking care to invert the figures ; thenadjust the focus of the glasses in the tube by drawing it inor out as required, and a perfect representation of theobject will appear. EFFECTS OP THE MAGIC LANTERN.Most extraordinary effects may be produced… … intensity till it reaches the other. Another slide has ships 166 THE magicians OWN POOR. painted on it, and while the lantern is in use, that contain-ing the ships is dexterously drawn before the other, andrepresents ships in the storm. The effects of sunrise, moonlight, starlight, &c., may…
Magic tricks
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