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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
288
We
have
thus
far
described
eight
different
contrivances
for
vanishing
money,
and
(including
the
“plug-box,”
which
may
be
used
in
both
ways)
five
for
reproducing
it.
It
is
obvious
that
either
of
the
first
may
be
used
in
combination
with
either
of
the
second,
producing
some
fifty
different
effects.
By
the
use
of
sleight-of-hand
in
place
of
apparatus
at
either
stage
of
the
trick,
still
more
numerous
variations
may
be
produced,
and
these
may
be
still
further
multiplied
by
the
use
of
other
appliances
to
be
hereafter
described,
which,
though
of
less
general
utility,
may
be
occasionally
introduced
with
excellent
effect.
The
apparatus
which
we
shall
next
describe
is
one
which
is
very
frequently
used
in
combination
with
that
last
mentioned.
It
is
known
as
THE
MIRACULOUS
CASKET.--This
is
a
neat
leather-
or
velvet-covered
box,
about
three
inches
by
two,
and
two
and
a
half
high.
When
opened,
it
is
seen
to
be
filled
with
a
velvet
cushion
or
stuffing,
after
the
manner
of
a
ring-case,
with
four
slits,
each
just
large
enough
to
admit
a
half-crown
or
florin.
(See
Fig.
92.)
By
an
ingenious
mechanical
arrangement
in
the
interior,
which
it
would
take
too
much
space
to
describe
at
length,
each
time
the
box
is
closed
one
of
the
coins
is
made
to
drop
down
into
the
lower
part,
and
on
the
box
being
reopened
is
found
to
have
vanished.
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