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 446
iaphiagm occupyingabout two-thirds of the plate, completely masking the body up to the neck.Then, without changing the position of the apparatus, the diaphragm is placedon the other side in order to conceal the head, and the body is photographed inthe second position along with the person… … FIG. 11.—MAN IN A BOTTLE. The sawed-off head is one of the best of these photographs. Fig. 10 givesthe same individual photographed twice on two different scales. This kind ofreduction gives very astonishing results. The most curious illusion of all is the one in which a nuin is seen inside ofa…
Magic tricks
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