Herrmann's wizards' manual; a practical treatise on coin tricks (1916)
Herrmann, Alexander, 1843-1896, Case, Carleton Britton, 1857- [from old catalog] ed · Chicago, Shrewsbury publishing co · leaf 75
h a Table.—Take anordinary tumbler and a newspaper. Sit on a chairbehind the table, keeping the audience in front of it.Place the tumbler on the table and cover it with thenewspaper, pressing the paper closely round, so that itgradual^ becomes fashioned to the form of the glass.Then draw the paper… … Fig. 27. HERRMANNS WIZARDS MANUAL 77 with one hand, and strike a heavy blow upon it with theother; at the same moment drop the tumbler from thelap to the floor; and you will appear to have positivelyknocked the tumbler through the solid table. Careshould be taken after the tumbler is in the lap, to…
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