Hoffmann (Professor), 1839-1919., Plate, Adrian, inscriber., Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) · New York : E.P. Dutton & Co. ; London : George Routledge & Sons, 1904. · leaf 145
Later Magic Vn, pleasure be made to take up its position in either of the three compartments. If allowed to run, say into the end a, it is obvious that that end will become materially the heavier, and the wand may be balanced on the finger, or on the back of a book, after the un- natural fashion… … cury run to the opposite end, that end will in turn become the heavier. A curious effect may be produced ie laying down the wand with its loaded end on a table or chair, three parts of its length projecting beyond the edge, in impudent defiance of the law of gravitation. It need hardly be said that…
