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 324
avored to produce a successful imi-tation of the effects of firing guns, that is to say, the noise, fire, and smoke,while at the same time avoiding the dangers and annoyances that have alreadybeeu pointed out. The charge consists of a small quantity of fulminate pre-pared so as to give a red fire… … ^^ THEATRICAL GUNS AND PISTOLS. of the gun barrel. The firing pin passes through the barrel, as shown in Fig.1 in our first engraving, causing the charge to explode through a simple blow.By the very simple contrivance of the spring, as shown in Fig. 1, it is possibleto fit almost any gun, Avooden…
Magic tricks
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