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INDEX.
INDEX.
Acres’ projecting device, 500. Acrobat, weighted, 396. Altar, Heron’s marvelous, 236. Altars, marvelous, 210, 211. Amphitrite, 61. Ancient magic, 203-250. Anvil, Siegfried’s, 330. Apple and ninepin, disappearance of, 130. Aquarium, ink converted into an, 131. Aquatic locomotion, 480. Arena, nautical, 345-347. Artist, toy, 376. Automata, 367-379. Automata and curious toys, 367-406. Automaton, an ancient, 241. Automaton, curious, 374. Automaton, the oldest, 206-208.
Bacchus, shrine of, 204-208. Baldwins and second sight, the, 196. Ball, Houdin’s magic, 137. Ball, the mysterious, 146. Balsamo, see Cagliostro. Basket trick, the Indian, 46. Battle scenes, 308. Beugnot cited, 5. Bird that flies, toy, 413. Birds, photography of, 478. Black art, 64. Black ground, photography upon, 425. Blitz, Signor, 19. Blue-room trick, 532. Boiler, Heron’s tubular, 237. Borders, 259. Bottle and glass, the traveling, 129. Bottle magic, 229. Bridges, 255. Burlingame, H. J., cited, 6, 19. Bust, photographic, 448.
Cabaret du Neant, 55. Cabinet, Houdin’s magic, 81. Cabinets, Thorn’s, 38. Cagliostro, 3-6. Cake baked in a hat, 117. Camera for ribbon photography, 509. Camera, pinhole, 454. Carlotti, 6. Cart, toy, 401. Cassadaga propaganda, 35. Catastrophe, photographing a, 447. Catcher, photo thief, 457. Caulk, William B., 50. Cellini, Benvenuto, invokes sorcery, 3. Centrifugal force, experiments in, 383. Chariot and pole, 256. Chess players, automaton, 367. Chest, Houdin’s magic, 17. Chronophotographic apparatus, amateur, 485. Chronophotographic camera, 465. Chronophotography, 462-487. Cinematograph camera, 508. Coin, the dissolving, 122. Coins, magic, 121. Coins, the multiplication of, 120. Collar, the spirit, 53. Columbus’s egg, 397. Comatula, 484. Composite photography, 459. Comus, 7. Conjurer’s tricks, 106-138. Crash effect, 304. Crystallized ornaments, 409. Curious toys, 380. Curtain, electric, 268. Curtain, fan drop, 268. Cybele, the statue of, 209. Cycloramas, 354-361.
D’Ache, M. Caran, 181-183. D’Affre, Monseigneur, 12. Dance, the skirt, 342. Dancers, the, 392. Dark chamber, 467. Day to night effect, 297. Death’s head, enchanted, 100. Decapitation, 48. Demeny chronophotographic apparatus, 491. Detective thief catcher, 457. Doll, phonographic, 402. Dragon in “Siegfried,” 332. Drawing, magical, 410. Drinking horn, Heron’s, 225. Drops, 259. Duel, electrical, 342. Duplex photography, 438.
Egg, Columbus’s, 397. Egg tricks, 105, 115, 119. Egypt, magic in ancient, 1. Elasticity, tricks in, 406. Electric cyclorama, 358. Electrical stage effects, 328-344. Electrical toys, 385-387. Electro-photo thief catcher, 457. Engine, origin of the steam, 234-238. Eolipile, Heron’s, 235. Escalopier, 12-15.
Fafner, 332. Fire and smoke effects, 305. Fire, tricks with, 149, 152. Firearms, theatrical, 309. Fire eaters, 149, 152. Fire eaters and sword tricks, 149-163. Firefly, electric, 335. Fireworks, 362-366. Flies, 254. Flood, after the, 31. Flowers, the birth of, 112. Flowers, the cone of, 106. Flowers, magic, 109. Flowers, the queen of, 74. Forge, Siegfried’s, 328.
Ghost, Pepper’s, 55. Glass, platinized, 86. Glass of wine, invisible journey of a, 132. “Gone,” 520. Gravity, experiments in, 384. Greek lamps, toys, etc., 239-250. Gridirons, 253. Grisi, Comte de, 8-10. Gull, photograph of, 479. Gun, photographic, 476.
Hagen’s theatrical system, 275. Half-woman, the living, 69. Handkerchief tricks, 105, 123, 131, 133. Harps, magic, 103. Hat tricks, 114-119. Head, photographing a, 444. Head, the talking, 69. Heller and second sight, 185. Heller, Robert, 19. Heller, Robert, in the East, 1. Heron cited, 203-250. Herrmann, Alexander, 21-23. Herrmann, Carl, 19, 21-22. Herrmann, Leon, 23. Horse, photograph of, 464. Horse race on the stage. 324. Horse, the decapitated drinking, 244. Horse’s gallop, photograph of, 475. Houdin’s magic ball, 137. Houdin’s magic cabinet, 81.
Illusion, optical, 380. Illusive photography, 441. Ink, goblet of, 131. Introduction, 1-26. Invention A.D. _vs._ B.C., 217-219. Isola brothers, 100.
Jacob’s ladder, 399. Japanese mirrors, 416. Jewels, electric, 337. Jugglers, 139, 141. Jugglers and acrobatic performances, 139-148. Jumping, photograph of, 470.
Kellar, H., 24. Kellar’s “Queen of Flowers,” 74. Kinetograph, 488. Kinetoscope, stereopticon, 495. Kircher cited, 212, 239. Kolta, B. de, 24. Kolta’s appearing lady, 39-42.
Ladder, Jacob’s, 399. Lady, the appearing, 39-42. Lady, the disappearing, 42, 43. Lamps, perpetual, 239. Lamps, toys, etc., 239-250. Lavater, 423. Lightning effect, 302. Lohengrin’s swan, 312. Louis XVIII. and Comte de Grisi, 10. Lustral water vessel, 219, 220. Lynn, the mystery of Dr., 63.
Mackaye’s theatrical inventions, 273, 274 Magic, beginning of natural, 2. Magic boxes, 128. Magic cabinets, 127. Magic envelopes, 128. Magic, mysteries of modern, 1-26. Magic photographs, 456. Magic portfolios, 127. Magic table, the, 519. Magnetic oracle, 391. Man, a steam, 377. Marvelous vessels of the Greeks, 221-233. Mask of Balsamo, 100. Maskelyne, J. M., 24. Match trick, 408. Maze, mystic, 84. Medusa, photography of, 482. Mental magic, 184-202. Metempsychosis, 532. Micromotoscope, 514. Mikado, the, 401. Mirage, artificial, 438. Mirrors, Japanese, 416. Mirrors, magic, 418. Money maker, 381. Moon, a trip to the, 348-353. Moon effects, 298. Mouse, the animated, 135. Moving pictures, projection of, 488-516. Multiphotography, 451. Multiple portrait, 450. Mutograph, 501. Mutoscope, 501. Muybridge’s experiments, 467. Mysterious disappearances, 27-54.
Nautical arena, 345-347. Necktie, photographic, 455. Neoöcultism, 96. Nostradamus, 3.
Odometers, 247-250. Odors, imitation of, 310. Opera glass, trick, 412. Opera house, behind the scenes of an, 251-267. Optical tricks, 55-88. Oracle, magnetic, 391. Organ, electrical, 263. Organs, ancient, 230-233. Ornaments, crystallized, 409.
Paint bridge, 264. Palanquin, the magic, 34. Palladio’s theater, 289. Pepper, professor, 8. Phonographic doll, 402. Photographic diversions, 423-516. Photographic gun, 476. Photographic necktie, 455. Photographic portrait, 448. Photographing a catastrophe, 447. Photographing a head, 444. Photographs, magic, 456. Photography, composite, 459. Photography, duplex, 438. Photography, illusive, 441. Photography, spirit, 432. Photography upon black ground, 425. Photo thief catcher, 456. Physiological station, 466. Pictures, moving, projection of, 488-516. Pigeon, photograph of, 479. Pinetti, 184. Pinhole camera, 454. Planchette table, 414. Platinized glass, 86. Portrait, multiple, 450. Portraits, magic, 411. Post test, spiritualistic, 52. Princess, the decapitated, 77. Property room, 265. Psycho, 368. Puppets, animated, 170-172. Puzzle, novel, 407.
Race course, electrical, 388. Race on the stage, 324. Rainbow effect, 300. Rain effect, 299. “Rheingold,” floating women in, 314. Ribbon photography, 509. Robert-Houdin, 11-19. Robert-Houdin, second sight, 184. Robertson, E. G., 7. Robinson, W. E., 21. Rochas, A. de, cited, 2. Rollin, 6. Rosebush, the magic, 108. Running, photograph of, 472.
Saint-Amand cited, 4, 5. Sand frame trick, 136. Scene painting, 293. Scenes, changing, 265. Science in the theater, 251-366. Scurimobile, 94. Sea horse, photographs of, 481. Second sight, 125. Shadowgraphy, 173-181. Shadows, French, 181-183. “She,” 72. Ship on the stage, 316. “Siegfried,” effects in, 328-355. Silhouettes, apparatus for taking, 423. Skirt dance, 342. Slates, the spirit, 123. Sliders, 255. Snow effect, 304. Spear, Wotan’s, 334. Spider and the fly, the, 523. Spirit photography, 432. Stage, “Asphaleia,” 280. Stage effects, 293-310. Stage, elevator, 271. Stage inventions, American, 273-276. Stage, revolving, 276. Stage tricks, miscellaneous, 89-104. Stages, ancient and modern, 268-292. Stages, opera, 252. Stars, 298. Statue giving a double image, 88. Steam engine, origin of the, 234-238. Stella, 79. Strobeika Persane, La, 529. Sun effect, 297. Sunrise effects, 295. Sun robe, 315. Suspended head, 63. Swan, Lohengrin, 312. Swing, the haunted, 91. Switchboard, theater, 261. Sword swallowers, 156-161. Sword trick, 152. Sword walker, 161, 163.
Table rapping, 101. Tachyscope, electric, 489. Target, the human, 153. Temple of Dagon, construction of, 323. Temple tricks of the Greeks, 203-220. Temples, the machinery of, 213-217. Theater, curious pivoted, 287. Theater, optical, 489. Theater, Palladio’s, 289. Theater secrets, 311-344. Theater with two auditoriums, 283. The dicaiometer, 221. Thief catcher, photographic, 457. Thorn, E., 38, 39. Thought transference, 197-202. Thunder effect, 301. Ties, spiritualistic, 50. Torch, electric, 337. Torpedo, 484. Torrini, see Grisi. Toy, a Greek, 243. Toys, ancient, 393. Toys electrical, 385-393. Transformation, gradual, 307. Trapeze, revolving, 142. Traps, 255, 311. Trewey the shadowgraphist, 25, 173-181. Trick photography, 423-516. Tricks, miscellaneous, 407-421. Tricks, optical, 55-88. Trilby, the illusion of, 89. Trunk, the mysterious, 44. Trunk trick, the, 526. Tulips, electric, 335. Tumbler, 397.
Vanity Fair, 27. Ventriloquism and animated puppets, 164-172. Vessels, magical, 227. Vicenza, theater at, 289. Vitascope, 497.
Walking on the ceiling, 144. Walking, photograph of, 471. Wave effect, 304. Wine changed to water, 134. Woman, the invisible, 102. Woman, the three-headed, 60.
X-ray illusion, 96.
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Transcriber’s Notes
Inconsistent spelling, hyphenation and capitalisation have been retained (including in names), except as mentioned below.
Néant was consistently spelled neant, this was not changed; French accents have not been corrected, except as mentioned below.
All reference letters in the text have been spaced for consistency.
Inconsistent use of (Greek) letters for parts described have not been changed when the letters were not included in the accompanying drawings.
The Table of Contents does not fully conform to the text; this has not been changed.
Page 51, paragraph "In placing his hands ...": this paragraph was copied verbatim from the original work. Apparently something went wrong during the book production process: some lines seem to be misplaced or otherwise garbled. A very similar (if not the same) trick is better explained in Harry Houdini: Magical Rope Ties and Escapes. London: Will Goldstone, 1921.
Page 186, spelling of Anna: the code actually spells Anaa.
Page 540, Le Vie de Joseph Balsamo: the actual title is Vie de ....
Page 542, Hoffman: illegible in original, verified with a later edition of the same book.
Page 550, della Porta: there is probably a figure missing in the number of pages; the number of pages has been transcribed as 3~1.
Changes made to the text:
Some missing and wrong punctuation has been added and corrected silently, some obvious typographical errors were corrected silently.
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