OPPOSITE: Gaughan shows his replica of an 1830s French
illusion where water was transformed into wine. A fortunetelling bell from the same period was secretly triggered
with electricity, itself a “magical” phenomenon at the
time. THIS PAGE, CLOCKWISE: Android clarinetist plays
a 32-note scale; Gaughan restored this massive clock
mechanism from a French cathedral; The Turk awaits its
next chess opponent; at a magician’s command, this little
devil would produce cards, rings, and keys vanished from
the audience.
Make: 37
