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 478
end wherein to insert a card. (See Fig. 284, representing a backview of the apparatus.) A card being placed in each of the clips, the six MODERN MAGIC, arms, with the cards attached to them, are folded down one by one be-hind the centre of the star, which is just large enough to conceal them.Each… … Pig. 283. Fig. 284. press upon the arm which holds the card last folded, and thus to keepit and the five other cards preceding it in place. This button, how-ever, is so arranged as to be instantly withdrawn upon an upwardmovement being communicated to a wire rod which passes up thecentre of the…
Magic tricks
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