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 466
MODERN MAGIC. 443 where a moment previously there was nothing, or will replace a givenobject by another. The trap for this purpose is a somewhat complicated arrangement,of the appearance shown in Figs. 270 and 271. The surface-platea a a a, is oblong,measuring abouttwelve inches by six,with a… … Fig. 270. as to work backwardsand forwards on a kind of railway efef,\n the direction of thelength of the surface-plate, just so far in either direction as to bring c or d in turn immediatelyunder b. The twocylinders are solderedtogether, so that theone cannot movewithout the other.If, therefore,…
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