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Der magische Jugendfreund by Johann Heinrich Moritz von Poppe, 1817 | |||||||
Der
magische Jugendfreund oder faßliche und unterhaltende
Darstellung der natürlichen Zauberkünste und
Taschenspielereyen' by Johann Heinrich Moritz von Poppe
was published in three volumes in Frankfurt in 1817. A full copy of Volume 1 of the work can be found here. A full copy of Volume 2 of the work can be found here. A full copy of Volume 3 of the work can be found here. ********** Analysis Volume1 *** Designs which Move under Insect Power This section describes a 'paper-cut goose' whose 'back was broad in proportion to a real one, and the other parts of the goose were also properly prepared' under which 'Herr M had glued a fly by its wings. This fly went away with the paper goose on the table and then it looked as if the goose was going by itself'. ********** Volume 3 *** How to Drop a Strip of Paper to Land on One Edge ********** |
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