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 415
er, can beshown apparently empty. The box being replaced in its normalposition, the articles are again within it, and can be produced at plea-sure. The effect of inexhaustibility is produced as follows:—Each time that the performer turns over the box to show that it isempty, he takes from the… … Fig. 226. MODERN MAGIC. 392 so that the bottom may by its own weight retain ifs position whenthe box is turned over, and not turn over with the box. Some boxesare made with a catch or pin at some part of a, so as to prevent a hfalling prematurely while the box is being placed on the table, orwhile…
Magic tricks
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