The magician's own book, or The whole art of conjuring (1862)
Arnold, George, 1834-1865, Cahill, Frank · New York, Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 355
the ground, as inFig. 5. A man being then placed on his knees, he drawshis heels towards his body, and, raising his knees, he liftsup the man gradually, till, having brought his knees per-pendiculaily under him, as in Fig. 6, he raises his own bodyup, and, placing his arms around the mans legs, he… … 6. The last, and apparently the Fia. 7. most wonderful, performance of theGerman, is shown in Fig. 7, wherehe appears to raise a cannon a,placed upon a scale, the four ropesof the scale being fixed to a ropeor chain attached to his girdle, inthe manner already described. Pre-vious to the fixing of…
Magic tricks
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