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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
195
The
secret
of
the
trick,
apart
from
the
sleight-of-hand
necessary
to
bring
the
chosen
cards
together
at
the
top
of
the
pack,
lies
in
the
box.
It
is
in
general
appearance
something
like
a
miniature
pedestal
for
a
statue,
but
hollow,
and
open
at
the
top,
the
cavity
being
rather
more
than
large
enough
to
hold
a
pack
of
cards.
(See
Fig.
46.)
It
is
divided
longitudinally
into
two
compartments,
the
foremost
being
large
enough
to
hold
a
whole
pack,
the
hindmost
to
hold
only
three
or
four
cards,
the
partition
between
the
two
coming
about
half
way
up
the
box.
The
bottom
of
the
larger
compartment
is
level
with
the
top
of
the
plinth,
but
the
smaller
is
open
to
the
whole
depth,
save
that
across
it
is
a
steel
spring
about
half
an
inch
in
width.
Fig.
47
represents
a
section
of
the
apparatus,
A
being
the
upper
part,
of
which
a
is
the
larger
or
front
compartment,
and
b
the
smaller
compartment
at
the
back.
B
is
the
plinth.
A
is
so
constructed
as
to
slide
forwards
on,
or
rather
in,
B,
to
the
extent
of
about
an
eighth
of
an
inch,
but
is
prevented
doing
so,
in
the
normal
condition
of
the
apparatus,
by
the
spring
c,
which
is
screwed
to
the
bottom
of
A,
its
free
end
pressing
against
the
side
of
the
plinth.
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