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 687
Recollections of Hartz 667 position, and the glass inverted, the mica, being trans¬ parent, was practically invisible, and the effect, to the uninitiated spectator, was that the glass was still un¬ covered, the water being sustained therein by some supernatural means. … Fig. 244. as the top. The mica disc, slightly wetted on its upper side, was placed under the foot, to which, under these conditions, it adhered, and the glass could be lifted without any fear of the two parting company. Picking up the glass by the stem with the left hand, the performer placed it on…
Magic tricks
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