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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
329
THE
MAGIC
BALL
AND
RINGS.--This
is
a
recent
improvement
on
the
trick
last
described.
The
performer
borrows
three
rings,
which
in
this
instance,
as
the
trick
does
not
depend
upon
a
substitution,
may
be
of
any
pattern.
They
should
not,
however,
be
too
large,
for
which
reason
ladies’
rings
are
preferable.
These
he
places,
or
requests
the
owners
to
place,
in
the
“Davenport
cabinet”
(see
page
195),
the
“watch-box”
(see
page
219),
or
any
other
apparatus
which
will
enable
him
secretly
to
get
possession
of
them.
He
then
brings
in
and
hands
for
inspection
an
ebony
ball,
an
inch
and
a
half
to
two
inches
in
diameter
(through
which
is
bored
a
hole
of
three-eighths
of
an
inch
in
diameter),
and
a
brass
rod
about
two
feet
in
length,
with
a
knob
at
each
end,
and
of
such
a
thickness
as
to
pass
freely
through
the
ball.
Both
are
closely
scrutinized,
and
admitted
to
be
fair
and
solid.
In
sight
of
all
he
unscrews
one
of
the
knobs,
and
places
the
ball
upon
the
rod,
throwing
a
handkerchief
over
it,
and
requesting
two
of
the
audience
to
hold
the
ends.
Passing
his
hand
under
the
handkerchief,
he
orders
the
ball
to
drop
into
his
hand,
when
his
command
is
instantly
obeyed.
He
next
orders
the
rings
to
pass
from
the
cabinet,
and
to
take
the
place
of
the
ball
on
the
brass
rod.
On
removing
the
handkerchief,
the
rings
are
seen
on
the
rod,
and
the
cabinet,
on
examination,
is
found
empty.
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