. Modern magic. : A practical treatise on the art of forexamination. The other, a, is eitherof iron throughout (this was the casewith the pretended walking-stick usedby Robert-Houdin) or of well-sea-soned wood with an iron core, andcapable of bearing a very heavyweight. The lower end of this sinksinto a socket in the low board ortable already mentioned, and thusbecomes, for the time being, a fix-ture. In the upper end is hollowedout a small space, about an inch mdepth, for a purpose which willpresently appear. The subject of theexperiment wears, underneath herpages costume, a sort
. Modern magic. : A practical treatise on the art of forexamination. The other, a, is eitherof iron throughout (this was the casewith the pretended walking-stick usedby Robert-Houdin) or of well-sea-soned wood with an iron core, andcapable of bearing a very heavyweight. The lower end of this sinksinto a socket in the low board ortable already mentioned, and thusbecomes, for the time being, a fix-ture. In the upper end is hollowedout a small space, about an inch mdepth, for a purpose which willpresently appear. The subject of theexperiment wears, underneath herpages costume, a sort of iron corset,or framework, similar to that shownin Figs. 313 and 3 r4, and more indetail in Fig. 315. An iron girdle,a a, passes nearly round the waist,the circle being completed by a leather strap. At right angles to this, on the right side, is fixed aniron upright, b b, extending from just below the armpit nearly to theknee, but with a joint c (working backwards and forwards only) atthe hip, a strap d, round the leg, keeping it in position, so as to allow. MODERN MAGIC. of bending the thigh. From the back of the iron girdle, in the cen-tre, proceeds a crutch e, also of iron, passing between the legs, andconnected by a strap to the front of the girdle. A fourth strap j\ con-nected with the girdle in front and rear, passes over the lefc shoulder,and prevents any risk of the apparatus slipping downwards. To theupper part of the upright, b b, immediately below the armpir, is riveted a short flat piece of iron, g% work-ing freely upon it. The end of g% whichforms the joint shown enlarged in Fig. 316,is welded into a semicircular ratchet, withthree teeth corresponding with a check /?,l)ing parallel with b b, and wiich, in itsnormal position, is pressed up close intothe teeth of the ratchet by a spring, butmay be withdrawn by a downward pressureon the hook i. The opposite end of g hasprojecting from its under side, at rightangles, an iron plug j, which just fits intothe cavity bef
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