Magic, Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions, Including Trick Photography
By Albert A. Hopkins
Length15h 37m
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Publish dateNov 26, 2023
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Table of contents
1Introduction
105STARS.
2PREFACE.
106MOON EFFECTS.
3TABLE OF CONTENTS.
107RAIN EFFECT.
4I.
108RAINBOW EFFECT.
5II.
109WIND EFFECT.
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6III.
110THUNDER EFFECT.
7IV.
111LIGHTNING.
8V.
112SNOW EFFECT.
9VI.
113WAVE EFFECT.
10“VANITY FAIR.”
114CRASH EFFECT.
11“AFTER THE FLOOD.”
115FIRE AND SMOKE EFFECTS.
12“THE MAGIC PALANQUIN.”
116GRADUAL TRANSFORMATIONS.
13“CASSADAGA PROPAGANDA.”
117BATTLE SCENES.
14“THE APPEARING LADY.”
118THEATRICAL FIREARMS.
15“THE DISAPPEARING LADY.”
119THE IMITATION OF ODORS.
16“THE MYSTERIOUS TRUNK.”
120TRAPS.
17“THE INDIAN BASKET TRICK.”
121THE SWAN IN “LOHENGRIN.”
18DECAPITATION.
122THE FLOATING RHINE DAUGHTERS IN “RHEINGOLD.”
19SPIRITUALISTIC TIES.
123THE “SUN ROBE.”
20THE “CABARET DU NEANT.”
124THE SHIP ON THE STAGE.
21THE THREE-HEADED WOMAN.
125MISCELLANEOUS STAGE EFFECTS.
22“AMPHITRITE.”
126THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE OF DAGON.
23“THE MYSTERY OF DR. LYNN.”
127THE HORSE RACE ON THE STAGE.
24“BLACK ART.”
128THE EFFECTS IN “SIEGFRIED.”
25THE TALKING HEAD.
129THE BED OF TULIPS AND THE ELECTRIC FIREFLY.
26THE LIVING HALF-WOMAN.
130THE ELECTRIC TORCH AND ELECTRIC JEWELS.
27“SHE.”
131AN ELECTRICAL DUEL.
28“THE QUEEN OF FLOWERS.”
132THE SKIRT DANCE.
29“THE DECAPITATED PRINCESS.”
133CHAPTER V. THE NAUTICAL ARENA.
30“STELLA.”
134CHAPTER VI. A TRIP TO THE MOON.
31HOUDIN’S MAGIC CABINET.
135THE ELECTRIC CYCLORAMA.
32A MYSTIC MAZE.
136CHAPTER VIII. FIREWORKS WITH DRAMATIC ACCESSORIES.
33PLATINIZED GLASS.
137AUTOMATON CHESS PLAYERS.
34STATUE GIVING A DOUBLE IMAGE.
138THE AUTOMATON CHESS PLAYER.
35THE “HAUNTED SWING.”
139A CURIOUS AUTOMATON.
36THE “SCURIMOBILE.”
140THE TOY ARTIST.
37“THE NEOÖCCULTISM.”
141A STEAM MAN.
38“THE MASK OF BALSAMO.”
142AN OPTICAL ILLUSION.
39THE INVISIBLE WOMAN.
143THE MONEY MAKER.
40MAGIC HARPS.
144EXPERIMENTS IN CENTRIFUGAL FORCE AND GRAVITY.
41TRICK WITH AN EGG AND A HANDKERCHIEF.
145THE MAGIC ROSE.
42THE CONE OF FLOWERS.
146ELECTRICAL TOYS.
43THE MAGIC ROSEBUSH.
147THE ELECTRIC RACE COURSE.
44“MAGIC FLOWERS.”
148MAGNETIC ORACLE.
45THE “BIRTH OF FLOWERS.”
149THE DANCERS.
46TRICKS WITH A HAT.
150AN ANCIENT COUNTERPART OF A MODERN TOY.
47A CAKE BAKED IN A HAT.
151NOVEL TOYS.
48THE EGG AND HAT TRICK.
152COLUMBUS’S EGG.
49MULTIPLICATION OF COINS.
153JACOB’S LADDER.
50MAGIC COINS.
154A NOVEL TOY.
51THE DISSOLVING COIN.
155A TOY CART.
52THE SPIRIT SLATES.
156THE PHONOGRAPHIC DOLL.
53SECOND SIGHT.
157INTERESTING TRICKS IN ELASTICITY.
54MAGIC CABINETS.
158NOVEL PUZZLE.
55DISAPPEARANCE OF AN APPLE AND A NINEPIN.
159SIMPLE MATCH TRICK.
56A GOBLET OF INK CONVERTED INTO AN AQUARIUM.
160CRYSTALLIZED ORNAMENTS.
57THE INVISIBLE JOURNEY OF A GLASS OF WINE.
161MAGICAL APPARITION OF A DRAWING ON WHITE PAPER.
58THE WINE CHANGED TO WATER.
162MAGIC PORTRAITS.
59THE ANIMATED MOUSE.
163A TRICK OPERA GLASS.
60THE SAND FRAME TRICK.
164A TOY BIRD THAT FLIES.
61HOUDIN’S MAGIC BALL.
165THE PLANCHETTE TABLE.
62JUGGLERS.
166JAPANESE MAGIC MIRRORS.
63THE LEAMY REVOLVING TRAPEZE.
167MAGIC MIRRORS.
64WALKING ON THE CEILING HEAD DOWN.
168LAVATER’S APPARATUS FOR TAKING SILHOUETTES.
65THE MYSTERIOUS BALL.
169PHOTOGRAPHY UPON A BLACK GROUND.
66FIRE EATERS—TRICKS WITH FIRE.
170SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHY.[15]
67SWORD TRICK—A STAB THROUGH THE ABDOMEN.
171ARTIFICIAL MIRAGE.
68THE HUMAN TARGET.
172DUPLEX PHOTOGRAPHY.
69SWORD SWALLOWERS.
173ILLUSIVE PHOTOGRAPHY.
70THE SWORD WALKER.
174PHOTOGRAPHING A HUMAN HEAD UPON A TABLE.
71ANIMATED PUPPETS.
175PHOTOGRAPHING A HEAD ON A PLATTER.
72FRENCH SHADOWS.
176PHOTOGRAPHING A CATASTROPHE.[16]
73Articles in Sets.
177NEW TYPE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT.
74Playing Cards.
178A MULTIPLE PORTRAIT.
75Money.
179MULTIPHOTOGRAPHY.
76Other Examples.
180PINHOLE CAMERA.
77Silent Thought Transference, No. 1.
181A PHOTOGRAPHIC NECKTIE.
78Silent Thought Transference, No. 2.
182MAGIC PHOTOGRAPHS.
79PUPPET SHOWS AMONG THE GREEKS.
183AN ELECTRO-PHOTO DETECTIVE THIEF CATCHER.
80THE MACHINERY OF THE TEMPLES.
184COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPHY.
81INVENTION IN 1889 A.D. VS. INVENTION B.C.
185AN AMATEUR CHRONOPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS.
82AN EGYPTIAN LUSTRAL WATER VESSEL.
186THE EDISON KINETOGRAPH.
83THE DICAIOMETER.
187REYNAUD’S OPTICAL THEATER.
84MIRACULOUS VESSELS.
188ELECTRIC TACHYSCOPE.
85ANCIENT ORGANS.
189THE DEMENY CHRONOPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS.
86CHAPTER III. THE ORIGIN OF THE STEAM ENGINE.
190THE KINETOSCOPE STEREOPTICON.
87PERPETUAL LAMPS.
191THE “MUTOGRAPH” AND “MUTOSCOPE.”
88AN ANCIENT AUTOMATON.
192“CINEMATOGRAPH” CAMERA.
89A GREEK TOY.
193CAMERA FOR RIBBON PHOTOGRAPHY.
90THE DECAPITATED DRINKING HORSE.
194THE MICROMOTOSCOPE.[17]
91ODOMETERS.
195THE MAGIC TABLE.
92CHAPTER I. BEHIND THE SCENES OF AN OPERA HOUSE.
196“GONE.”
93AN ELECTRIC CURTAIN.
197THE SPIDER AND THE FLY.
94THE FAN-DROP CURTAIN.
198THE TRUNK TRICK.
95AN ELEVATOR THEATER STAGE.
199“LA STROBEIKA PERSANE.”
96SOME REMARKABLE AMERICAN STAGE INVENTIONS.
200“METEMPSYCHOSIS.”
97A REVOLVING STAGE.
201I. ENGLISH.
98THE “ASPHALEIA” STAGE.
202II. FRENCH.
99A THEATER WITH TWO AUDITORIUMS.
203III. GERMAN.
100CURIO’S PIVOTED THEATER.
204IV. SPANISH.
101THE OLYMPIAN THEATER OF PALLADIO AT VICENZA.[14]
205V. ITALIAN.
102SCENE PAINTING.
206VI. LATIN.
103SUNRISE EFFECT.
207INDEX.
104SUN EFFECT.
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