The boy's own book; a complete encylopedia of all the diversion, athletic, scientific and recreative, of boyhood and youth. (1834)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838, McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) · Boston, Munroe and Francis; New York, C. S. Francis, 1834. · leaf 123
ay a _ OPTICAL AMUSEMENTS. 119 By means of two glasses, disposed in the before-mentioned manner, num- berless other subjects may be represented. THE APPARITION. Inclose a small magic lantern in a box large enough to contain a small swing dressing-glass, which will reflect the light thrown on it by… … deception, may be inclosed in a painted tin box, about a foot high, with a hole at top, and should stand on four feet, to let the smoke of the lantern escape. There must also be a glass planned to move up and down in the groove, a 6, and so managed by a cord and pulley, cd e f, that it may be…
Amusements · Sports
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