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 188
hand. Bring the florin down smartly upon it, and by thesame movement let the penny fall from the palm on to the hand-kerchief. The two coins will now be lying (covered by the righthand) on the handkerchief, a couple of inches apart. Close the lefthand on both coins, and turn the hand over, so that… … 166 MODERN MAGIC. hand, letting the other fall loose inside the handkerchief, which you *then invite some one to hold in like manner, but in a horizontal posi-tion. (See Fig. 76.) This position is adopted in order that the twocoins may not, by any accidental chink, prematurely disclose the factthat…
Magic tricks
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