Magic, pretended miracles, and remarkable natural phenomena (1855)
Religious Tract Society (Great Britain), McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · Philadelphia : American Sunday-School Union ; London : Religious Tract Society · leaf 18
lding, pressing,and a little eau-de-Co-logne, would completethe preparation; butgranting that they arewashed, there is still nodifiiculty, though thismystifies the specta-tors, who have the ideathat drying is a long afiair ; for it may beeflected in a minute or two by a machinethat is readily… … 16 MAGIC. but when a few sounds are uttered and theprofessor touches a secret spring behind, whichdisengages the inner box, he draws it out withthe outer one ; and presents the handkerchiefs
Magic · Miracles · Curiosities and wonders
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