Secrets of wise men, chemists and great physicians (1889)
David, Wm. K. (William King) · Chicago : Wm.K. David · leaf 112
t or left, willcause it to appear as if the ghost was either walking forward or back-ward. Below the stage a person is placed with a powerful lantern, andthe light from it is thrown upo» the figure representing the ghost, thuscausing it to be reflected strongly and brightly against the glass… … his left arm the figure reflected above will appear to raise its right arm.The glass, as i stated before, must be without a blemish, and fixed at anangle of 20 deg., inclining forward toward the audience, and the nearerthe audience are seated to it the larger the glass must be. The size ofthe glass…
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