Modern magic : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. . ken in the its normal condition,however, this slip ot zinc isheld, fast (and thereforekept silent) by the actionof a spring also placed be-tween the two bottoms, but is released for the time . , Fig. 83. being by a pressure on a particular part of the outer bottom (the part in contact with the fingersin Fig. 83). A casual inspection of the box suggests nothing, save,perhaps, that its internal space is somewhat shallow in proportionto its external measurement. The mode of using it is as follows: The performer invites anyperso
Modern magic : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. . ken in the its normal condition,however, this slip ot zinc isheld, fast (and thereforekept silent) by the actionof a spring also placed be-tween the two bottoms, but is released for the time . , Fig. 83. being by a pressure on a particular part of the outer bottom (the part in contact with the fingersin Fig. 83). A casual inspection of the box suggests nothing, save,perhaps, that its internal space is somewhat shallow in proportionto its external measurement. The mode of using it is as follows: The performer invites anyperson to mark a coin, and to place it in the box, which he holds forthat purpose as represented in the figure 5 and the coin is thus nosooner placed in the box than it falls into his hand. Transferringthe box to the other hand, and pressing the spring, he shakes it toshow by the sound that the coin is still there ; then, leaving thebox on the table, he prepares for the next phase of the trick bysecretly placing the coin, which the audience believe to be still in. 190 MODERN MA G/C the box, in any other apparatus in which he desires it to be found, ormakes such other disposition of it as may be necessary. Having donethis, and having indicated the direction in which he is about to com-mand the coin to pass, he once more shakes the box to show that it isstill in statu quo. Then, with the mystic word Pass ! he opens thebox, which is found empty, and shows that his commands havebeen obeyed. The Pepper-box, for vanishing money.—This is a smalltin box, of the pepper-box or flour-dredger shape, standing threeto four inches high. (See Fig. 84.) The box portion (as distin-guished from the lid), is made double, consisting of two tin tubessliding the one within the other, the bottom being soldered to the inner one only. By pulling the bot-tom downwards, therefore, you draw downwith it the inner tube, telescope so doing you bring into view a slit oropening at one side of the inner
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