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 388
mediately afterwards lifting the cover with tfuhollow shell, and showing the first orange beneath it. It will be observed that the trick above described is, in some ofits parts, very similar to that described at page 337. The mechanismof the wrist-trap will be found explained in the next chapter.… … Fig. t97. trick, involving the use of rather more elaborate apparatus. Thecone in this case is about five inches in height by three at the base,and tapers very slightly. It may be either of boxwood, as in thetrick last described, or the block may be ofany hard wood, and the hollow shell of tin…
Magic tricks
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