. The Family tutor . Fig. 368 NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. that inanimate figures spoke through their means. One of the most ingenious andcelebrated of these scientific deceptions was that exhibited in Paris and London manyyears ago. It was invented by M. Charles, and styled the Invisible Girl. Manysolutions of this scientific enigma were attempted ; but the following may be relied uponas the Editor has many times acted the part of the Invisible Girl. The apparatusconsisted of a wooden frame (B B i-5. Fig. 205), which was supported upon four pillarsA A A A, Fig. 206). Through one of these pillars
. The Family tutor . Fig. 368 NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. that inanimate figures spoke through their means. One of the most ingenious andcelebrated of these scientific deceptions was that exhibited in Paris and London manyyears ago. It was invented by M. Charles, and styled the Invisible Girl. Manysolutions of this scientific enigma were attempted ; but the following may be relied uponas the Editor has many times acted the part of the Invisible Girl. The apparatusconsisted of a wooden frame (B B i-5. Fig. 205), which was supported upon four pillarsA A A A, Fig. 206). Through one of these pillars a tube passed underneath the floor to anadjoining room from which the Invisible Girl could see all that passed and hear allquestions proposed, because the construction of the apparatus favoured it. To eachpillar. A, was attached a bent wire, E, which terminated above in a point, and to eachof these bent wires was attached a narrow silk ribbon or cord, D D, which supported ahollow copper ball, C, with four trumpets, T T T T, is
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