Magic, Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions, Including Trick Photography

CHAPTER I.

TEMPLE TRICKS OF THE GREEKS. Puppet Shows among the Greeks--The Shrine of Bacchus--The First Automobile Vehicle--The Statue of Cybele--Marvelous Altars--The Machinery of the Temples--Sounding of Trumpets when a Door was Opened--Opening and Closing Doors when a Fire was Lighted on the Altar--Invention in 1889 A.D. vs. Invention B.C.--An Egyptian Lustral Water Vessel, 203