Magic up to date, or, Shaw's magical instructor (1896)
Shaw, W. H. J. (William Henry James), b. 1859 · [Chicago : The author · leaf 101
very queer chair, made something after this fashion: There are two cast iron posts, in size, [Fig. 79,] about four by four inches at the base and about twenty inches high, and they taper slightly from bottom to top — (see fig. 79). They are decorated with scroll work and on one side near the top is… … not pull through either [Fig. 80.] way. The two posts are hollow and the iron floor has two holes on which the posts are set. The two sphynx heads open outwards but are held by catches. The two ropes are "faked," they do not run
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