Magic; stage illusions and scientific diversions, including trick photography (1897)
Hopkins, Albert A. (Albert Allis), 1869-1939, Evans, Henry Ridgely, b. 1861 · London : Low · leaf 225
l dome, suppojtt(l by four columns,and placed over tiie statue of the goddess of many breasts. To two of thesecolujiins were adapted movable brackets, at whose extremities tliere were fixedlamps. The hemisphere was hermetically closed underneath by a metal plate.The small altar which supported the… … MARVELULs Al.TAU (A( C()1;U1.N(; TO IIKKO.N) TEMPLE TRICKS OF THE GREEKS. 211 having a double bend. At the moment of the sacrifice the two lamps werelighted and the brackets turned so that the flames should come in contact withand heat the bottom of the dome. The air contained in the latter, being…
Magic tricks
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