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 471
hanism. The*cord may be made to pass down thecentre pillar, so as to be quite invisibleto the audience. The mechanical pieces worked bythe agency of these pistons vary greatlyin construction, but they are alike inone particular, viz., that they are set inmotion by one or more vertical rodspassing… … Fig. 280. MODERN MAGIC. 449 piece worked by one such rod only. Another specimen will havebeen observed in the case of the pedestal for the animated money.{See page 186.) Where three or four pedals are necessary, they aregenerally enclosed in a square wooden base, as in the case of theDemons Head,…
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