Magic, Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions, Including Trick Photography
CHAPTER II.
CURIOUS TOYS.
An Optical Illusion--The Money Maker--Experiments in Centrifugal Force and Gravity--The Magic Rose--Electrical Toys--The Electric Race Course--Magnetic Oracle--The Dancers--An Ancient Counterpart of a Modern Toy--Unbalanced Toy Acrobats--Columbus’s Egg--Jacob’s Ladder--The Mikado--A Toy Cart--The Phonographic Doll, 380