The true history of the ghost : and all about metempsychosis / by Professor Pepper.

  • Pepper, John Henry, 1821-1900.
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1890
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The true history of the ghost : and all about metempsychosis / by Professor Pepper. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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"Pepper's ghost" is an illusionary technique by which a mirror and a piece of glass are used to create the appearance of ghostlike figures or objects, which can seem, to the viewer, to appear and disappear, or to spontaneous change shape. This book contains a detailed explanation of the process of creating and carrying out this illusion

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London, Paris, New York, & Melbourne : Cassell & Company, 1890.

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46 pages, 16 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm

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Title on cover: The true history of Pepper's ghost

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This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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