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 345
candescent lamps which are arranged one on each side of the rose burner and three just in front, in the painted workwhich masks the front of the forge.The lamps are arranged on two circuits;those in tJie middle on one circuit,and those on the back of the forge onanother circuit. The wires run… … THEATER SECRETS. 331 The quantity of steam admitted depends upon the height to -wliich the fire issupposed to have risen. It may thus be seen that the effect of the lighting is pro-duced by a clever combination of gas, electricity, and steam, which must be com-bined with the greatest possible art.…
Magic tricks
Internet Archive · California Digital Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
