Coffre de verre blanc, très-transparent, dans lequel on entend parler une personne invisible
Le Courrier des spectacles, ou Journal des théâtres, Paris 22 february 1800, p. 3.
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Advertisement for the show of the invisible person: the case of very transparent white glass, hung from the ceiling by four thin chains facing a window, far from the walls and visible in all its parts, has a round opening with a horn through which the invisible person is questioned even in the lowest voice, her breathing and the warmth of her breath are felt, and she blows on the spectators' hands, tells the colour of their clothes and names the objects presented at the horn. So as not to tire her, the author makes her available only from one to five o'clock; at the request of amateurs and physicists the closing has been postponed; price 1 franc 50 centimes; room in place et cloître Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, near the cloister staircase facing rue des Prêtres, allée du buraliste, second floor after the entresol. Full transcription and Italian translation.
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