Keywords: Brahmin aerial suspension ca 1830.jpg Lithograph or engraving of a Brahmin performing the aerial suspension illusion in India around 1830 https //ia700408 us archive org/BookReader/BookReaderImages php zip /10/items/unmaskingrobert00houdgoog/unmaskingrobert00houdgoog_jp2 zip file unmaskingrobert00houdgoog_jp2/unmaskingrobert00houdgoog_0255 jp2 scale 8 rotate 0 Alternative source Gutenberg collection http //www gutenberg org/files/42723/42723-h/images/illpg_231_lg jpg 1908 anonymous from book Houdini Harry 1908 The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin New York Publishers Printing Co pp 230 “232 PD-old-70-1923 Illusionists from India India in the 1830s Aerial suspension illusion |