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 469
coins with it.As soon as a reaches its low-est point, it draws down thepin e, thereby releasing a simi*lar disc f, which, workinglaterally on a spring pivot at the edge of the opening, describes a semicircle, and assumes theposition previously occupied by a, a portion of one side of the cylin-der,… … FiG. 276. MODERN MAGIC. 447 rather complicated, and it is almost hopeless to endeavour to render itclearly intelligible by description only. In the absence of this specialtrap, the same object may be nearly as well effected with an ordinarytrap by using half-crowns (be it remembered that it is…
Magic tricks
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