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 93
Later Magic 63 pear from the hand at pleasure without even closing the hand. The modus operandi is as follows: The coin, which should be equal in diameter to the collective width of the second and third fingers (say a half-crown, if the hand be small, or a double florin or five-shilling piece in… … PIG. 5: and held in that position by the pressure on its opposite . edges of the first and fourth fingers. The second and third fingers are then bent down behind the coin till their Fic. 52. tips reach its lower edge, asin Fig. 52. These are again Straightened, but this time in front of the coin,…
