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 398
s a few drops of various flavouring essences.By this means a compartment filled with plain spirits of wine may bemade to do duty for brandy, whiskey, etc., at pleasure, according tothe glass into which the liquid is poured. Tne trick is sometimes elaborated by the performer, by way ofconclusion,… … additional speciality in the construe! ion of the bottle. The compart-ments containing the liquids in this case terminate a couple of indiesabove the bottom of the bottle, and the part belowthis, which has a wavy edge, like fractuted glass, ismade to slip on and off. (See Fig. 206.) The per-former,…
Magic tricks
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