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 295
t the present day the giheciere is entirely discarded, the servante ofthe table answering the same purpose. The arrangement of the tableand apparatus is shown in Fig. 118. The whole art of cup-and-ball conjuring resolves itself into twoelements- (1), the exhibition of a ball under a cup where a… … Fig. 118. A cup is lifted, to show that there is nothing beneath it, and againreplaced, mouth downwards, on the table. A ball is taken in theright hand, transferred to the left, and thence ordered to pass underthe cup. The hand is opened, the ball has vanished, and, on the cupbeing lifted, is found…
Magic tricks
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