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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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The
money-slide
is
a
flat
tin
tube,
about
eight
inches
in
length,
an
inch
and
a
quarter
in
width,
and
of
just
such
depth
as
to
allow
a
half-crown
or
florin
(whichever
coin
may
be
used)
to
slip
through
it
freely,
edgeways.
It
is
open
at
the
top,
but
is
closed
at
the
lower
end
by
a
lever,
acting
like
the
lever
of
a
shot-pouch.
(See
Fig.
96,
which
shows
the
external
appearance
of
the
tube,
and
Fig.
97,
which
represents,
on
a
somewhat
larger
scale,
a
section
of
its
essential
portion.)
The
normal
position
of
the
lever
(which
works
on
a
pivot,
a)
is
as
shown
in
Fig.
97,
being
maintained
in
that
position
by
a
small
spring.
Under
such
circumstances,
the
passage
of
the
tube
is
barred
by
the
pin
d
(which
works
through
a
small
hole
in
the
face
of
the
tube);
but
if
ac,
the
longer
arm
of
the
lever,
be
pressed
down,
the
pin
d
is
withdrawn,
but
the
extreme
lower
end
of
the
tube
is
for
the
moment
barred
by
the
bent
end
of
ac.
The
pressure
being
withdrawn,
the
lever
returns
to
its
former
condition.
When
required
for
use,
four
or
five
half-crowns
are
dropped
into
the
tube
from
the
upper
end,
and
the
tube
is
fastened,
by
a
hook
affixed
to
it
for
that
purpose,
inside
the
waistcoat
of
the
performer,
so
that
its
lower
end
hangs
just
above
the
waistband,
the
lever
side
of
the
tube
being
next
the
body.
If
the
tube
be
lightly
pressed
through
the
waistcoat,
the
longer
arm
of
the
lever
is
thereby
pressed
down.
The
pin
d
is
lifted,
and
the
row
of
half-crowns
slide
down
to
the
bottom
of
the
tube,
where,
however,
they
are
arrested
by
the
bent
end
of
ac.
As
soon
as
the
pressure
is
removed,
the
lever
returns
to
its
position.
The
mouth
of
the
tube
is
left
open,
and
the
first
of
the
half-crowns
drops
out,
and
would
be
followed
by
the
others,
but
the
pin,
d,
which
at
the
same
moment
returns
to
its
position
across
the
tube,
stops
their
further
progress.
Thus
each
time
the
lever
is
pressed
and
again
released,
one
half-crown,
and
one
only,
drops
out
at
the
mouth
of
the
tube.
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