The boy magician : a large number of the latest and best tricks carefully selected for the rising generation of conjurers (1922)
Dixie, Raymond, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · Boston : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. · leaf 190
few hypnotic passes over the pencilit slowly rises, as shown at A in Fig. 77, until it is in avertical position, then following your finger it gradually TRICKS WITH ARTIFICES AND APPARATUS 181 returns to the palm of your hand. You can repeat thephenomenon as often as you wish. Preparation. Procure… … C-THE PIN IN THERUBBER END Fig. 77—The Rising Pencil then cut off the head part of it, leaving the shank three-eighths of an inch long, and gripping it with a pair of flat-nosed pliers force the blunt end of the pin into the rubbertip until the bent end projects only one-sixteenth of an inchas at…
Magic tricks
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