Word: illusionality
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Not the least of the Fairchild aerial wonders are aerial contour maps, now made in a big way for the Department of Agriculture in connection with soil conservation work. In a vertical aerial photograph the earth's surface looks perfectly flat. Third dimensional relief can be obtained by the...
To give his invention-run off on an oval wooden track indoors-a wholesome fresh-air touch, Promoter Seltzer hit on the idea of making the standard distance 4,000 miles, calling the events Transcontinental Derbies, encouraging the illusion by wall maps with bulbs to show the imaginary geographical position...
Dr. Cannon relates wonders in the East which make the notorious rope trick (an illusion, according to him, produced by mass hypnotism) seem like small potatoes. Examples:
Now for the lowdown! It is against the principles of the better magicians to expose magicial secrets. However, the Houdinis, Harry and Bessie, performed this same minor illusion over forty years ago. . . .
I, myself, presented the identical illusion many times in Canada, the U. S. and Cuba, using a girl. I saw it performed, in the open, at the Chicago World's Fair two years ago and at the San Diego Exposition May 10 this year during Magicians Day at the...