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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
209
The
reader
will,
no
doubt,
already
have
conjectured
that
the
card
drawn
is
a
forced
one,
and
that
the
supposed
restored
card
was
concealed
beforehand
under
the
false
bottom
of
the
card-box.
This
pretended
restored
card
is,
in
reality,
an
ingenious
though
simple
piece
of
apparatus,
constructed
as
follows:--A
piece
of
tin
is
cut
to
the
exact
size
and
shape
of
a
card;
out
of
this,
at
one
of
the
corners,
is
cut
an
oblong
piece,
measuring
about
one
inch
by
five-eighths.
This
piece
is
attached
by
a
spring
hinge,
a
a,
on
one
side
of
it,
to
the
larger
piece
of
tin,
in
such
manner
that
it
can
be
folded
back
(see
Fig.
54)
flat
against
it;
the
action
of
the
spring,
however,
bringing
it
back
again,
when
released,
to
its
original
position.
To
this
piece
of
tin
is
soldered
lengthways
a
narrow
tail-piece,
of
such
a
length
as
to
extend
nearly
to
the
opposite
end
of
the
larger
piece
of
tin.
This
tail-piece
forms
a
kind
of
handle
wherewith
to
bend
back
the
smaller
piece
of
tin
on
its
hinge,
and
at
the
same
time
acts
as
a
check
to
prevent
the
action
of
the
spring
pressing
the
smaller
piece
beyond
the
plane
of
the
larger
one.
A
playing
card
is
split
in
two
in
order
to
reduce
its
thickness,
and
the
face
of
the
card
thus
reduced
is
pasted
on
the
front
of
the
larger
piece
of
tin.
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