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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
251
TO
RUB
ONE
SIXPENCE
INTO
THREE.--This
is
a
simple
little
parlour
trick,
but
will
sometimes
occasion
great
wonderment.
Procure
three
sixpences
of
the
same
issue
and
privately
stick
two
of
them
(as
directed
for
the
florin
in
the
last
trick)
with
wax
to
the
under
side
of
a
table,
at
about
half
an
inch
from
the
edge,
and
eight
or
ten
inches
apart.
Announce
to
the
company
that
you
are
about
to
teach
them
how
to
make
money.
Turn
up
your
sleeves,
and
take
the
third
sixpence
in
your
right
hand,
drawing
particular
attention
to
its
date
and
general
appearance,
and
indirectly
to
the
fact
that
you
have
no
other
coin
concealed
in
your
hands.
Turning
back
the
table-cover,
rub
the
sixpence
with
the
ball
of
the
thumb
backwards
and
forwards
on
the
edge
of
the
table.
In
this
position
your
fingers
will
naturally
be
below
the
edge.
After
rubbing
for
a
few
seconds,
say,
“It
is
nearly
done,
for
the
sixpence
is
getting
hot;”
and,
after
rubbing
a
moment
or
two
longer
with
increased
rapidity,
draw
the
hand
away
sharply,
carrying
away
with
it
one
of
the
concealed
sixpences,
which
you
exhibit
as
produced
by
the
friction.
Pocketing
the
waxed
sixpence,
and
again
showing
that
you
have
but
one
coin
in
your
hands,
repeat
the
operation
with
the
remaining
sixpence.
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