Conjuring tricks with coins, watches, rings and handkerchiefs; from "Modern magic" (1900)
Hoffmann, Professor, 1839-1919 · Philadelphia, D. McKay · leaf 92
ormer must be careful not to prolong thetrick until the whole are expended, or the unexpected silence of thewatch may place him in an embarrassing position. It is hardly necessary to remark that the drawn cards are forced.Where the watch is made to disclose the numbers thrown by a pairof dice, the… … 84 TRICKS WITH RINGS. CHAPTER V. Tricks with Rings. The Flying Ring.—The majority of ring tricks depend upon thesubstitution at some period of the trick of a dummy ring for a bor-rowed one, which must be so nearly alike as not to be distinguish-able by the eye of the spectator. This desideratum is…
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