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 82
trived pistol for passing off borrowed rings. It was, however, a little too suggestive of being made specially for conjuring purposes, which was probably the reason that the inventor, in his later performances, discarded it in favour of the more subtle expedients already described. It has now for… … Fic. 43. spiral spring, 7, above it (kept in posi- tion by a central pin, g), but yielding easily to upward pressure. With this is used a brass cup, h, in general appearance exactly like the head of the ramrod, but of such a size as to fit somewhat tightly within it.
