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 374
ge placeswith a handkerchief.) —For this trick two special pieces of apparatusare necessary. The first is a tin vase, of the shape shown in Fig. 183,and generally of about ten inches in height It consists of three parts, the vase propera, the cover I, anda moveable compart-ment or well, c,which is… … to that portion of a which it covers, which therefore looks exactly the same to the ordinaryspectator, whether c be in its place or removed. The internal depth,however, of c is little more than half as deep as that of the actual vase,a. The cover b exactly fits over c, and by means of a little…
Magic tricks
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