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 406
the con-structor. This is the way to make the oracle speak; we will afterward give thesecret of its accurate answers. We write upon twelve prejmred cards a series ofquestions relating to history, geography, science, customs, etc. One of thecompany takes one of these cards at random and reads one of… … FIG. 1.—THE MAGNETIC OKACLE. then the card is placed nnder the magicians feet, in a groove made to receiveit. Immediately the oracle turns on its axis, and after some oscillations becomesfixed in a certain position, its magic wand pointing to one of the numbers bywhich it is surrounded. On…
Magic tricks
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