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 467
pening b; but assoon as the piston is, by turn-ing the proper handle, de-pressed ever so little below thelevel of the surface-plate, it nolonger forms any obstacle tothe movement. The trap isfixed in the table in such man-ner that the handles g h shallbe just within the opening atthe back of the… … Fig. 274. MODERN MAGIC. 445 small size) to a full one. The trap is beforehand prepared by bring-ing the foremost cylinder c under the opening b. The full glass isthen placed on the top of the piston, which is then lowered gentlydownwards by means of the proper handle, the glass sinking into…
Magic tricks
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