The magician's own book, or The whole art of conjuring (1862)
Arnold, George, 1834-1865, Cahill, Frank · New York, Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 214
s heardat the distance of several miles. THE IMISIBLE GIELThe facility with which the voice circulates through tubeswas known to the ancients, and no doubt has afforded thepriests of all religions means of deception to the ignorantand credulous. But of late days the light of science dis-pels all… … the apparatus was so constructed that the voice of afemale at a distance was heard as if it originated from ahollow globe, not more than a foot in diameter. It consistedof a wooden frame something like a tent bedstead, formed * D is a good note for it. The upper string may be tuned to the upperD,…
Magic tricks
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