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 414
alike. To prove that it is with-out preparation within, the performer turns it over on the tabletowards the spectators, and, lifting the lid, shows that it is perfectlyempty. Again he closes it, and, turning it right side upwards, opensit once more, and instantly proceeds to take from it a variety… … 392 etc., the supply being many times larger than could possibly be con-tained at one time in the box. The bottom a b of the box (see Fig. 226) is moveable, working ona hinge b extending along its front. When the box is turned over tothe front, this bottom piece does not turn over with it, but…
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