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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
271
The
box
is
first
exhibited
with
the
inner
tube
pushed
up
into
its
place,
and
the
opening
thereby
concealed.
A
marked
coin
is
borrowed,
but
either
before
or
after
the
coin
is
placed
therein,
as
may
best
suit
his
purpose,
the
performer
secretly
draws
out
the
inner
tube
a
quarter
of
an
inch
or
so,
thus
allowing
the
coin
to
slip
through
into
his
hand.
As
he
places
the
box
on
the
table,
a
very
slight
pressure
suffices
to
force
the
tube
up
again
into
its
original
position,
and
close
the
opening.
Having
made
the
necessary
disposition
of
the
coin,
the
performer
takes
up
the
box,
and
shakes
it,
to
show
(apparently)
that
the
coin
is
still
there,
pressing
on
the
little
point
above
mentioned
when
he
desires
it
to
appear
that
it
has
departed,
and
immediately
opening
the
box
to
show
that
it
is
empty.
The
pepper-box
will
not
bear
minute
inspection,
and
is
in
this
particular
inferior
to
the
rattle-box.
THE
BRASS
MONEY-BOX,
for
the
same
purpose.--This
is
on
a
similar
principle
to
that
of
the
pepper-box,
but
has
no
rattle
movement,
and
is
not
adapted
for
any
coin
of
larger
size
than
a
shilling.
Its
shape
will
be
best
understood
from
an
examination
of
the
diagrams.
(See
Figs.
86,
87.)
It
has
no
moveable
lid,
but
merely
a
slit
in
the
top,
just
large
enough
to
admit
the
coin,
which,
when
once
dropped
in,
cannot
be
got
out
again
without
a
knowledge
of
the
secret.
This,
like
the
pepper-box,
consists
of
two
tubes
one
within
the
other;
but
the
inner
tube
is
firmly
soldered
to
the
two
end
pieces,
a
and
b,
which
are
solid.
The
only
moveable
portion
is
the
outer
tube
c,
which
is
so
arranged
as
to
slide
upwards
(within
a)
for
about
an
eighth
of
an
inch,
thereby
disclosing
the
opening
of
the
inner
tube,
and
allowing
the
coin
to
slip
through.
Fig.
87
represents
the
box
with
the
slit
open,
and
Fig.
86
with
it
closed.
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