The magician's own book, or The whole art of conjuring (1862)
Arnold, George, 1834-1865, Cahill, Frank · New York, Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 354
3. In imitation of Firmus, he laid himself down on the|7round, as shown in Fig. 3, and when an anvil a wasplaced upon his breast, n man hammered with all his force THE MAGIC OF STRENGTH. 337 the piece of iron b, with a sledge hammer, and sometinaestwo smiths cut in two with chisels a great cold bar… … 4. The performer then placed his shoulders upon onechair, and his heels upon another, as in Fig. 4, forming,with his back-bone, thighs, and legs, an arch springingfrom its abutments at a and b. One or two raeu then stoodupon his belly, rising up and down while the performerbreathed. A stone, one…
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