Modern magic : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. . Fig. 249. 4i6 MODERN MA GIC. falls, but is compelled by a to swing round in front of the performer,who, while lifting it, still covered by the handkerchief, breaks a, andthus altogether releases it. The object of passing the needle throughthe cloth of the trousers is that it may not fall forward and be seenwhen c is pulled. The contrivance last above described is the invention of Robert-Houdin, slightly simplified, however, inasmuch as he employed,in place of the needle, a little wire bolt working on a metal plateattached to the ba
Modern magic : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. . Fig. 249. 4i6 MODERN MA GIC. falls, but is compelled by a to swing round in front of the performer,who, while lifting it, still covered by the handkerchief, breaks a, andthus altogether releases it. The object of passing the needle throughthe cloth of the trousers is that it may not fall forward and be seenwhen c is pulled. The contrivance last above described is the invention of Robert-Houdin, slightly simplified, however, inasmuch as he employed,in place of the needle, a little wire bolt working on a metal plateattached to the back of the waistcoat; but the principle in either caseis precisely the came. The Mysterious Salver.—This is a tin tray (see Fig. 250),ornamentally japanned, and of about twelve inches in is a space of about three quarters of an inch between the upperand under surfaces of the tray, at one side of which, under cover ofthe curled rim, is an opening of about three inches iu width. Within this opening, so placedas to be within easyreach of the fin
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