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 335
ig. 146. Fig. 147. just described, save that the birdcages, unlike the drums, are liftedout by the solid and not the loose ends, which fall down of their ownaccord. Those in most general use, however, are of the shapeshown in Fig. 146, and are alike in size, measuring about six inchesin height, by… … in, and the bottom is then pushed upas far as it will go (see Fig. 147), the sides, which work on hingesat a a a a, being folded one byone upon the bottom, the cagefinally assuming the shape shownin Fig. 148. It is in this conditionthat the cages, generally three innumber, are introduced into…
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