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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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THE
FLYING
MONEY.--TO
MAKE
A
COIN
PASS
INVISIBLY
FROM
THE
ONE
HAND
TO
THE
OTHER,
AND
FINALLY
THROUGH
THE
TABLE.--Have
ready
beforehand
a
florin
or
half-crown,
with
a
little
wax
on
one
side
of
it,
and
take
an
opportunity
of
secretly
sticking
it,
by
means
of
the
wax,
against
the
under
side
of
the
table
(any
ordinary
table)
with
which
you
intend
to
perform
the
trick.
Have
also
a
similar
coin
of
your
own
palmed
in
your
right
hand.
Borrow
a
marked
florin
from
one
of
the
company,
and
lay
it
carelessly
upon
the
table,
but
in
so
doing
exchange
it
for
the
one
previously
palmed.
You
now
have
the
substitute
on
the
table,
and
the
marked
coin
palmed
in
its
place.
Turn
up
your
sleeves,
to
show
that
they
have
nothing
to
do
with
the
trick,
and
make
a
few
introductory
remarks
about
the
extraordinary
power
of
the
mesmeric
influence
as
applied
to
metallic
substances;
then,
taking
up
the
coin
from
the
table
between
the
fingers
and
thumb
of
the
left
hand,
which
you
hold
with
the
palm
towards
the
company,
so
as
to
show
incidentally
that
it
is
otherwise
empty,
continue
to
the
following
effect:--“Here,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
is
an
ordinary
coin,
a
mere
inert
piece
of
silver.
If
you
take
it
in
your
hand,
there
it
will
remain
till
you
lay
it
down.
But
let
a
person
possessing
the
mesmeric
gift
only
breathe
upon
it”
(you
suit
the
action
to
the
word),
“and
it
is
at
once
endowed
with
hearing,
sense,
and
motion,
and
will
fly
from
hand
to
hand
at
the
mere
word
of
command,
and
that
so
rapidly,
that
its
flight
is
absolutely
invisible.
See,
I
take
it
so”
(taking
it
in
the
right
hand).
“One,
two,
three!
Pass!
and
it
flies
back
into
my
left
hand
again.
In
order
to
show
that
there
has
been
no
substitution,
perhaps
the
owner
will
kindly
verify
the
mark.”
The
coin
is
examined,
and
found
to
be
the
same.
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