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 521
Fig. 315. On this is placed a small stool, on which the subject of the experi-ment (whom, in the present instance, we will suppose to bj; a younglady) mounts. She extends her arms, and under each is placed astout rod or pole of appropriate length. (See Fig. 312.) The per- 32 493 MODERN MAGIC.… … Fig. 314. operator now takes the stool from under her feet, when she hang*suspended between the two rods. Again a few more passes, and theoperator removes the rod that supports the left arm, and gently rnes- MODERN MAGIC. 499 menses the arm down to the side. Still the git 1 hangs motionless,with no…
Magic tricks
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