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 215
f d capable of containing aflorin or half-crown. The sheath d is of precisely the same length asa, and is so made as to fit easily upon c, but tightly within a. Whenthe plug-box is exhibited to the audience, the bottom, b, is in itsproper place, and c, which is shown apart from a, is covered with… … MODERN MAGIC. 193 the box, and pushed home, the moveable bottom, b, will be pressedout, and fall into the hand of the performer. On again with-drawing the plug, the sheath d, which, as already mentioned, fitsmore tightly within a than upon c, is left within a j the bottomof rf, which comes exactly…
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