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 274
s. Going up several flights of stonestairs, the visitor arrives at the first fly gallery. Here, as in the other partsof the house, every precaution is taken to guard against fire. The floor is ofcement resting upon iron girders, and the visitor is at once struck with thesolidity of everything. On… … STORING SCENES IN THE CELLAR. are worked from the left fly gallery. In theatrical parlance, a scene which islowered to the stage is called a drop/ while the scenes which represent thesky are called borders. The drops at the Metropolitan measure forty-fiveby seventy feet. The painted canvases,…
Magic tricks
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