Featured on PDR in the collection Spectropia; or, Surprising Spectral Illusions (1865)
A book of Victorian hi-tech ghost conjuring which allows the reader to summon, as the sub-title proclaims, "ghosts everywhere and of any colour". Accompanying the set of wonderfully gaudy images, are directions on how to use them, and a more detailed scientific description about how the illusion works. Also included in the latter is a declaration of at least one motive behind the book:
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1863
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Spectropia: or, Surprising Spectral Illusions, Showing Ghosts Everywhere, and of any Colour
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