Sharps and Flats; a complete revelation of the Secrets of Cheating at Games of Chance and Skill (1894)
Maskelyne, John Nevil · Longmans, Green and Co. (London) · leaf 214
THE GAME OF FARO 195, fig. 41, which represents a section taken through the centre of the box, from top to bottom. Referring to ‘A’ in the illustration, s, s are two of the springs which press upwards upon the partition /, this in turn keeping the cards tightly pressed against the top of the box,… … with the front side of the box. Instead of being of an equal thickness all round, the front is made double. That is to say;an additional plate of metal is put inside the box, covering the whole of the front plate, except that it does not reach the top by the thickness of two cards. ‘B’ in the…
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