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 470
havebeen beeswaxed on both sides. A very slight pressure will cause anumber of coins thus prepared to adhere together, and form for thetime being a solid mass, which will fall through the trap withoutcausing any clink.We next come to— Pistons.—These are appliances for working pieces of… … Fig. 277. Fig. 278. diameter, with a collar at one end pierced with screw-holes for affix-ing it to the under surface of the table. Within this tube works awire rod, /;, three-sixteenths of an inch thick, and terminating in asmall round disc of brass c, just large enough to work freely up anddown…
Magic tricks
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