Modern magic. : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. (1885)
Hoffmann, Professor, 1839-1919, Hawkins, Arthur, ca. 1940 · London ; New York : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 179
e right.If you at once open the left hand, and show that the coin is notthere, the spectators will naturally jump to the correct explanation,viz., that you did not, in reality, put the coin there at all. If, how-ever, you delay opening the left hand for a minute or two, so as tolet the audience get… … Fig. 75. of the wrist with the second and third fingers of the hand whichholds the coin (see Fig. 75), you not only give that hand an occupa-tion apparently inconsistent with the fact of anything remaining con-cealed in it, but you suggest to the audience that the gesture inquestion is the cause of…
Magic tricks
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