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 372
empty. The article in ques-tion (say an egg, hard-boiledfor safety) is beforehand placedin the moveable compartment,which we will suppose to occu-py for the time being the spaceunder lid a, as shown in Fig.179. The performer takes offthe opposite lid b, and shows the space beneath empty. Before… … Fig. 179. Fig. 180. proceeds with the trick, and at the right moment produces the articlefrom the caddy. It is obvious that the caddy above described is only available farappearances and disappearances, and not for transformations. T»<
Magic tricks
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