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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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If,
however,
the
spring
be
pressed
down
from
above,
so
as
to
be
below
the
level
of
the
shoulder
d
(for
which
purpose
a
thin
slip
of
wood
is
supplied
with
the
apparatus),
and
A
be
at
the
same
time
pushed
towards
d,
it
will
slide
forward
to
the
position
indicated
in
Fig.
48,
and
the
spring
c
will
be
held
down
beneath
the
shoulder
d.
This
is
the
condition
in
which
the
apparatus
is
first
exhibited
to
the
audience.
After
turning
it
over,
to
show
that
there
are
no
cards
already
concealed
in
it,
the
performer
places
in
it
the
pack,
first,
however,
slipping
his
little
finger
between
the
chosen
cards
(which
are
on
the
top)
and
the
rest
of
the
pack,
so
as
to
enable
him
to
drop
the
chosen
cards
into
the
smaller
compartment
at
the
back,
where
they
rest
upon
the
bent
spring.
(See
Fig.
48.)
Standing
behind
the
box,
and
placing
his
hands
around
the
plinth,
as
if
to
hold
it
steady,
the
fingers
of
each
hand
being
in
front,
and
the
thumb
behind,
he
blows
smartly
upon
the
box,
at
the
same
moment
pushing
A
forward
with
the
thumbs
to
the
position
which
it
occupies
in
Fig.
47.
The
spring
c,
being
drawn
back
with
it
beyond
the
shoulder
d,
is
released,
and
instantly
flies
up
to
its
old
position,
shooting
out
of
the
box
the
cards
resting
upon
it.
This
trick
is
sometimes,
like
that
of
the
rising
cards,
worked
with
a
forcing
pack,
duplicates
of
the
forced
cards
being
placed
beforehand
in
the
hinder
compartment.
This
method,
however,
is
very
inferior
to
that
above
described,
and
would
hardly
be
adopted
by
any
performer
who
had
acquired
a
competent
mastery
of
sleight-of-hand.
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