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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 86

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OPTICAL TRICKS. 69 THE TALKING HEAD. Probably the most common of all of the illusions which depend uj^onmirrors is the Talking Head uj)on a table. The illustration is almost self-explanatory. The apparatus consists only of a mirror fixed to the side legs ofthe table. The mirror hides the body of… … TILE TALKING HEAU. make it appear continuous under the table; likewise it reflects the front leg ofthe table so as to make it appear at an equal distance from the other side andthus produce the illusion of the fourth leg. It also reflects the end of the redfabric hanging in front of the table and…

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