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 489
: STAGE ILLUSIONS AND SCIENTIFIC DIVERSIONS. is greater. The object of this disposition is to furnish base marks, by meansof which it is always easy to recognize traces corresponding to the same image,that is to say, to a given attitude of the runner. For detailed studies a part ofthe image is… … FIG. 15.—INELASTIC JUMP UPON THE HEELS. caused by the feet striking the ground is reduced in intensity by bendingthe legs, while the extensor muscles operate to sustain the weight of thefalling body. Our next two engravings show two kinds of jumps: the first,the flexure of the legs and the…
Magic tricks
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