Hoffmann (Professor), 1839-1919 · New York : E.P. Dutton & Co. ; London : George Routledge & Sons · leaf 147
Later Magic 119 at each end. A cap, of very thin metal, and plated in like manner, as a in the diagram, is made of such a size as to be easily slipped over the mount, b. When in … Having handed the wand for examination, the performer gets the cap into his right hand, and when the wand is returned to him slips its lower end into it. He then takes the wand (by the opposite end), in the left hand, so that the cap is now on its outer end. The slack of the thread is secured by…
