Later magic, with new miscellaneous tricks and recollections of Hartz the Wizard (1911)
Hoffmann (Professor), 1839-1919 · New York, E. P. Dutton & company; [etc., etc.] · leaf 188
Later Magic 158 As a matter of fact, he has no reason for any un¬ easiness, for the watch never goes into the -milk at all. The secret lies in the use of a little hook of special design, as depicted in Figure 108. It con¬ sists of a slip of zinc, one and one quarter inch in length and three eighths… … Fig. 108. Fig. 109. or soft rubber, to enable it to be gripped more firmly between the fingers. The depression c serves to re¬ ceive the bow of the watch, and b to hook it on to the edge of the glass, as shown in Fig. 109. The watch is brought in, thus suspended, behind the tumbler of milk, and the…
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