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Later magic (1904)

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 209

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h French nails, three at each corner, asin Fig. t10. The lids are mere flat pieces of wood. There is no speciality about either of the two larger boxes, but the third is a “trick’’ box, being a sort of rough imita- tion of the familiar ‘‘watch’’ box. It is four inches in length, three in width, and… … Bac.) rr7: The nails cc, are a trifle longer, but fit loosely in their holes, so that they can be drawn out and pushed in at pleasure. When pressed home, they make all secure, but when drawn out, as in the figure, they allow the end to work backwards and forwards on bb, which are nails of full…

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