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 416
304 Later Magic AN IMPROVED EGG-HOLDER. This is another of the ingenious aids to deception for which magic is indebted to Herr Willmann. Its object is to transform a silk handkerchief into an egg, which in this case may be not merely a con- jurer’s make-believe, but the genuine production of the… … FiGs 2 70- below the bowl. In appearance it is as represented in Fig.171. Round the mouth of the cup aa are three small holes, as b 6, through which pass from the outside three studs or pegs, attached to steel springs which normally press them inward. An egg being intro- duced, smaller end…
