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 287
ack thread, a trifle longer than the diagonal length of the handkerchief to be used. Below the wheel is a little bracket e, and the thread passes downwards through a hole, 7, in this bracket, the pressure of a tiny spring preventing its unwinding spontaneously or too freely. On the free end of the… … diagram, to enable the performer, when occasion re- quires, to get at this little point without difficulty. Assuming that a red handkerchief is to be changed to a blue one, the latter is loaded into the fake through the opening a a, a bit of one corner being left projecting. The thread is wound up…
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