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
and in passing behind his table,tips cake and tin together into it. The chancesare that the tin will fall small end upwards,(the opposite end being the heaviest) j butif not, the performer turns the tin, so as tobring it into that position. Placing the hatmouth upwards upon the table, he announces… … Fig. 149. MODERN MAGIC. to make the mixture into a thick batter. This he pours into the hat,holding the tin with both hands, at first high above it, but graduallybringing it lower and lower, till at last, as if draining the last drop ofthe mixture, he lowers the mouth of the tin right into the hat,…
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