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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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When
the
target
is
required
for
use,
the
bull’s-eye
is
twisted
round,
so
that
the
side
a
is
turned
towards
the
back,
and
in
this
position
it
is
fixed
by
the
catch.
The
borrowed
watch
is
then
hooked
on
the
same
side
of
the
bull’s
eye.
The
assistant,
in
bringing
forward
the
target,
takes
care
to
keep
the
face
turned
towards
the
spectators,
so
that
the
watch,
being
behind,
is
unseen.
At
the
moment
of
firing
the
pistol
the
disc
is
pressed
upwards,
and
the
catch
being
thus
withdrawn,
the
bull’s-eye
instantly
spins
round,
and
the
side
a,
on
which
is
the
watch,
takes
the
place
of
side
b
on
the
face
of
the
target.
The
movement
is
so
instantaneous
that
the
quickest
eye
cannot
follow
it,
and
the
explosion
of
the
pistol
at
the
same
moment
aids
still
further
to
baffle
the
vigilance
of
the
spectators,
to
whom
it
appears
as
if
the
borrowed
watch
had
really
passed
from
the
pistol
to
the
face
of
the
target.
This
forms
an
effective
conclusion
to
the
Watch-Mortar
Trick,
the
fragments
(supposed
to
be
those
of
the
borrowed
watch)
being
placed
in
the
pistol,
and
remaining
there.
Where
the
watch-box,
above
described,
is
used,
you
merely
go
through
the
motion
of
taking
the
watch
out,
invisibly,
through
the
top
of
the
box,
and
in
like
manner
placing
it
in
the
pistol.
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