Physical Amusements and Diverting Experiments

Giuseppe Pinetti (1750–1800) was an accomplished Italian scholar and magician, renowned for introducing the art of conjuring to a more sophisticated audience during the late 18th century. His seminal work, 'Physical Amusements and Diverting Experiments' (1784), provided not only a compendium of magical tricks and illusions, but also an insight into the principles of physics and mechanics underlyin...