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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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Some
performers,
instead
of
placing
the
apparatus
in
the
pocket,
as
above
described,
hold
it
in
the
right
hand
(the
wand
being
held
in
the
same
hand)
and
cause
it
to
strike
by
the
pressure
of
the
fingers.
This
is
in
one
sense
less
effective,
inasmuch
as
you
cannot
show
the
hands
empty,
but
it
is
a
very
much
more
easy
and
certain
method,
so
far
as
the
striking
is
concerned.
The
striking
apparatus
is
generally
made
to
give
from
fifty
to
sixty
strokes.
The
performer
must
be
careful
not
to
prolong
the
trick
until
the
whole
are
expended,
or
the
unexpected
silence
of
the
watch
may
place
him
in
an
embarrassing
position.
It
is
hardly
necessary
to
remark
that
the
drawn
cards
are
forced.
Where
the
watch
is
made
to
disclose
the
numbers
thrown
by
a
pair
of
dice,
the
dice
are
either
loaded,
and
thus
bound
to
indicate
certain
given
numbers,
or
a
box
is
used
in
which
a
pair
of
previously-arranged
dice
take
the
place,
to
the
eyes
of
the
audience,
of
the
pair
just
thrown.
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