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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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This
is
a
simple
and
inexpensive
piece
of
apparatus,
but
it
will
not
bear
examination,
and
the
process
of
reversing
is
a
little
awkward.
For
these
reasons
it
is
rarely
employed
by
professional
performers,
who
for
the
same
purpose
more
generally
use
what
is
known
as
THE
BURNING
GLOBE.--This
is
a
hollow
brass
globe
of
four
to
six
inches
in
diameter,
mounted
on
a
foot
of
about
the
same
height,
and
surmounted
by
a
cap
or
lid,
so
that
it
forms,
in
fact,
a
spherical
canister.
A
raised
band,
also
of
brass,
passes
horizontally
round
the
globe;
and
this,
which
is
apparently
a
mere
ornament,
is
really
designed
to
conceal
the
fact
that
the
globe
is
divided
into
two
separate
hemispheres,
revolving
one
upon
the
other.
Within
this
external
globe
is
an
inner
one,
divided
into
two
compartments,
each
having
a
separate
opening,
and
so
contrived
that
each
of
these
openings
in
turn
is
made
to
correspond
with
the
opening
of
the
external
globe,
according
as
the
upper
hemisphere
of
the
latter
is
moved
round
from
right
to
left,
or
vice
versâ.
The
globe
is,
like
the
canister,
prepared
by
placing
a
substitute
handkerchief,
or
piece
of
cambric,
in
one
or
other
of
the
inner
compartments,
and
then
bringing
the
other
compartment
into
correspondence
with
the
external
opening.
A
borrowed
handkerchief
being
openly
placed
in
the
empty
compartment,
the
performer,
by
merely
giving
a
half
turn
to
the
foot
of
the
apparatus,
brings
the
compartment
containing
the
substitute
uppermost,
the
action
being
so
little
noticeable
that
it
may
be
used
with
impunity
before
the
very
eyes
of
the
audience.
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