The Popular recreator. A key to in-door and out-door amusements .. (1873)
London, New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter & Galpin · leaf 446
e stage. Bya careful study of theseveral mechanical ele-ments that compose thewhole of this ingeniouscontrivance of Mr.Walker, it will be seenthat every provision ismade for making theshadow appear to tra-verse the shadow tight-rope from end to end—to rise, fall, rest on oneleg, hold the… … Ffe. 5. Fig. 4. Fi<?. S. strings; but in this case the strings are replaced with finewires, which pass through a system of concentric tubes, t,attached to one end of the swing-frame, s, and which are broughtinto play for producing the required action, by turning the POL. II. may call attention…
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