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 548
rse,maintaining a standing posture, and being held up by means of therods attached to the revolving bar. The shoulders were made to the curtains at the back of thestage, and behind which theperson who manoeuvred thefigure was concealed, werenine spring pistons worked bynine different strings… … 526 ANCIENT AND MODERN MAGIC. revolve on the two rods, so that the jerking motion would be easilyproduced. The third string passed through the body, and was attachedto the legs, and produced a motion to imitate the stretching of thelegs, known as the splits. Another string closed the legs…
Magic tricks
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