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SCIENTIFIC RECREATIONS. 



we see also the real objects outside, a balcony, tree, etc. These real objects 

 mingle with the reflected image, and combine to produce very curious effects. 

 In this way M. Robin has contrived the effects of the theatre. He throws 

 on the stage the reflection of a person dressed as a Zouave, and he himself. 



armed with a sabre, stabs the spectre through the body. A great number 

 of other singular effects have been obtained in the same manner. Pepper's 

 Ghost was managed in this way. 



Within recent times, images produced in a similar way have been 



