Original creation for magicians hitherto kept up his sleeve (1920)
Waller, Charles, 1879-1960, Henry, James L · Los Angeles : F.G. Thayer · leaf 79
exact condition of things. Orange here (lifts tube on left), bottle here (lifts tube on right). Yes, orange there (pointing), and bottle there (pointing). At least that is what any sensible, logical person would imagine. But there is nothing either sensible or logical about a magical proc- ess, and… … The reader should have no trouble in following the action of the trick from the patter. The bottle is an ordinary one of glass, but with the bottom knocked out. Not only does it cover a second orange, but it fits within a cylindrical shell of 75
Magic tricks
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