New ideas in magic : illusions, spiritualistic effects, etc. (1902)
Shaw, W. H. J. (William Henry James), b. 1859, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · Blue Island, Ill. : M.N. Smith Co., printers · leaf 60
50 NEW IDEAS IN MAGIC. painted like ledge, to hold the real lamp on. To set frame for the trick turn the back around about four times. The … FIGURE 35. spring lock will hold it in place. Now if you was to pull string attached to lock, the back will revolve once, as the back comes around to the front it locks itself. The fake lamp (Fig. 36) is placed on back ledge, with the wires all out of slots and a veil over it. The top part of fake…
Magic tricks
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