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 62
e centre. As the outer band is not thus flattened, there remains between them a space, plano-convex in shape, four inches in length by half an inch at its greatest breadth. By pushing the knob h towards the centre, the outer band is forced to assume a more decided convexity, at the same time… … the lower edges of both bands, across a space of nine inches in width, is a shallow bag of black net, or silk, i , forming a receptacle for objects dropped within the vest. When the appliance has served its immediate purpose, a finger inserted under the vest at the left side draws back the knob h,…
Magic tricks
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