Modern magic. : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. (1885)
Hoffmann, Professor, 1839-1919, Hawkins, Arthur, ca. 1940 · London ; New York : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 544
at another time themachinery was wound upwith the intervention of asingle move. Whether or not the action of the automaton wasproduced by the agency of a concealed person I do not care to pro-nounce, but the illustration given proves clearly, I think, that itmight have been so produced. Mons.… … 522 ANCIENT AND MODERN MAGIC. CHAPTER II.Kempelen. Kempelens Speaking Machine has been thus described. It was ofsimple structure, and consisted only of five parts—viz., the reed,representing the human glottis ; an air-chest, with internal valves ;the bellows or lungs ; a mouth with its…
Magic tricks
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