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 480
fanis shut, and pressed downwardsthrough a narrow opening in thelower part of the vase, the pressure of whose sides keeps it, for thetime being, closed. When pressed upwards by the action of a piston,the fan rises above the level of the flowers, and at the same time opensand exhibits the six cards.… … MODERN MAGIC. six suddenly change to the other six. This is effected as follows :—■The twelve cards are pasted back to back in couples. Each of thesix arms which hold the cards is so arranged as to be capable of beingturned half round (after the manner of the centre of the watchtarget), in which…
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