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unmaskingrobert00houdgoog.pdf | 137 | THE UNMASKING OF ROBERT-HOUDIN ballooning, and he is said to have been the inventor of the parachute. The ascen- sion of the nocturnal balloon, also scheduled on this programme, is an limitation of the one which Garnerin arranged in honor of Bonaparte's coronation in 1805. On that occasion the balloon started at Paris and de- scended in Rome, a dis- For the Benefit of the tance of five hundred General Hospital miles which was covered This present TUESDAY, October 10, 1815. in twenty-two hours. AN EXHIBITION Garnerin was a con- THE WONDERS OF temporary of both Pinetti Art and Nature, and Robertson and was M. GARNERIN, with them in Russia AND M. DE LA ROCHE, IN THE GREAT ROOM. AT THE SHAKESPEARE TAVERN, when Pinetti dissipated his fortune in balloon ex- 1.-TWO BEAUTIFUL FIGURES, or - playing on the FLUTE, which by the - chilfel Combination, perfores - Instrument, and either alome any of the musical Piecee contained be Thay resuma, or change Tunes, . the - of the Specistora The Metions 4 periments. In their cor- the Heed, Fingere, and Egre, are plainly - 9-THE THREE VASES, Thet Light, Estinguish, and Re WAX TAPER. 3.-TIE. CANARY FIGURE, respondence, both Pinetti e Masterpiere of the meat prefound mechamirel TINDER nox. and Robertson spoke la the EVENING at Half past SEVEN, in Addition to these vederful Performancoa, pill be theve Veriety of Tricks with Cardo, and-3, the Ascension of a Nocturnal Balloon, slightingly of Garnerin, le Imitation of the one M. - from Paria, - - Evening of Corea- . 1006, and which drecreded at Nome, 900 Miles, in -VARIOUS EXPERIMENTS UPON THE PNEUMATIC but the Frenchman's pro- 1.-4 FIGURE that DISCOVERS the THOUGHT8. The with -THE COLUMN OF MAGNETICAL GLASS, Fer the igvisitle Ascension Card, grammes all indicate that 9. AN EXHIBITION or > Clap of bunber, of - of he was not only a success- 10.-A DUTCH COFFEE HOUSE, A Garnerin poster of 1815, advertising ful aƫronaut, but a ma- " ADutch Coffee House,' whose automatic hostess serves refreshments at command. gician who could present a From the Harry Houdini Collection. diverting entertainment. I2O ] |