Conjuring tricks with coins, watches, rings and handkerchiefs; from "Modern magic" (1900)
Hoffmann, Professor, 1839-1919 · Philadelphia, D. McKay · leaf 19
it isallowed to slip gently dowilinto the palm of the left, andthe right is instantly elevatedas if containing it. Pass 6.—This pass is bestadapted for use with three orfour coins, as the chink of thecoins against one another ma-terially assists the illusion.Having to get rid of, say, fourpence or… … SLEIGHT OF HAND. II tips of the right hand may come smartly, at about right angles,against the palm of the left, at the same time slightly bending thefingers. The coins, instead of being shot forward (as to the eye andear of the spectators they appear to be) into the left hand, are, in reality,…
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