The model book of dreams, fortune teller, and epitome of parlor entertainments (1864)
Temple, Henry. [from old catalog], Ottley, Cordelia M., [from old catalog] joint author · Cincinnati, J. R. Hawley & co. · leaf 301
red glassare to be laid on it, a ring of brass or copper placed round itsedge, and then another piece of glass, one side of which hasbeen ground with fine emery, laid upon that; the edges of* thetin tube are then to be burnished round the last-mentionedpiece of glass, by which plan the glasses ai*e… … THE MYRIAMOSCOPE. This instrument is a variation ofthe Kaleidoscope, possessing much ofthe beautiful effect of that pleasinginvention, without its liabilitv to beaffected by a shake, so as to derangethe elegant forms which it produces.A is a square box, in the front ofwhich the sight-hole, B, is…
Dreams · Fortune-telling · Amusements
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