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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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Some
performers
prefer
to
use
the
actual
coin
borrowed.
The
arrangements
in
this
case
are
the
same
as
above
described,
save
that
the
silk
thread,
instead
of
having
a
substitute
coin
attached
to
it,
has
merely
a
pellet
of
wax
at
its
end.
The
performer
having
handed
round
the
glass
for
inspection,
and
standing
in
front
of
the
table
with
his
left
side
turned
towards
the
audience,
picks
up
a
pellet
of
wax
with
his
right
hand
at
the
same
moment
that,
holding
the
borrowed
coin
in
his
left
hand,
he
begs
the
spectators
to
take
especial
notice
that
he
really
uses
the
borrowed
coin,
and
no
other.
Having
said
this,
he
transfers
the
coin,
by
a
perfectly
natural
movement,
to
his
right
hand,
and
pressing
against
it
the
waxen
pellet,
drops
it
into
the
glass.
The
third
and
last
mode
of
performing
the
trick
is
by
means
of
a
special
glass,
with
a
hole
drilled
through
its
foot.
This
is
placed
on
a
suitable
pedestal
(see
Fig.
82),
in
which
works
up
and
down
a
steel
needle,
forming
the
upper
portion
of
a
kind
of
loose
piston,
a.
The
top
of
the
pedestal
is
covered
with
green
baize,
allowing
free
passage
to
the
needle,
which
when
pushed
upward
strikes
the
coin
from
below,
with
much
the
same
effect
as
the
thread
pulling
it
from
above.
This
pedestal
is
only
available
with
one
of
the
mechanical
tables
which
will
be
described
in
connection
with
“stage
tricks.”
Such
tables
contain,
among
other
contrivances,
what
are
called
“pistons,”
being
small
metal
rods,
which,
by
pulling
a
string,
are
made
to
rise
vertically
an
inch
or
so
above
the
surface
of
the
table,
sinking
down
again
as
soon
as
the
cord
is
released.
The
pedestal
is
placed
immediately
above
one
of
these,
whose
movement
is
in
turn
communicated
to
the
loose
piston
in
the
pedestal,
and
thence
to
the
coin.
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