22 a^ piece of flat iron six by one by three-sixteenths inch, a piece of thin metal is bent to receive this, and fastened underneath the circular trap. Now by pushing the iron in when trap is pushed down it holds it down, and of course by pulling it out it releases it. (See Sketches No. 10.) a… … When performer wishes to load the ball into hat, he walks up to table, hat in left hand, and places any article previously taken out of the hat on the table, and in doing so turns the wire handle, holding the hat under the ball when the cannon ball rolls into the hat. The peg at the back of the…
Magic tricks
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