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 214
drops the coin through the slit, he should press lightly on thetop with the fingers of the left hand, and at the sar^e time push cupwards with the right hand. The coin will now slip through intohis hand, while a slight downward pressure as he replaces the box onthe table will again push down c, and… … 191 MODERN MA GIC There are various ways of using this little apparatus. It mayeither be used as above, as a means of surreptitiously gaining pos-session of a coin, to be afterwards produced in some other apparatus,or it may be used by itself singly, the coin being made apparently tofall through…
Magic tricks
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