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True history of the ghost and all about metempsychosis / John Henry Pepper.

True history of the ghost and all about metempsychosis / John Henry Pepper.

Vetri artistici: Antonio Salviati e la Compagnia Venezia Murano: Museo del vetro di Murano / a cura di Aldo Bova, Puccio Migliaccio; con la collaborazione di Vladimiro Rusca.
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Fabrication des bouteilles [art original].
 
 
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Author/Artist: 
Pepper, John Henry, 1821-1900.
Publisher: 
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2012.
Series: 
Cambridge library collection.
Cambridge Library collection
Subjects: 
Magic tricks Equipment and supplies History.
Lantern projection History.
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ISBN: 
9781108044349
1108044344
Bib ID: 
133042
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Description
46 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Purchase; Amazon; 2013; 1000126913
Digitally printed version of the 1890 edition.
"Chemist and illusionist John Henry Pepper (1821-1900) lectured at the Royal Polytechnic Institution in London, and incorporated experiments, illusions and magic lanterns into his popular science lectures. In 1862 he developed a stage-show illusion called 'the ghost'. This involved using strategically placed pieces of glass and specific lighting in order to create the illusion of ghostly figures on stage. The illusion was immensely popular in the second half of the nineteenth century--
it was visited by royalty, and Pepper's show toured to America, Canada and Australia. In this book, first published in 1890, Pepper details the history of 'the ghost' and the process of carrying out the illusion"--
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