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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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CHAPTER
XIV.
BALL
TRICKS
REQUIRING
SPECIAL
APPARATUS.
Before
proceeding
to
the
description
of
the
tricks
which
form
the
subject
of
this
Chapter,
it
may
be
well
to
mention
one
or
two
principles
of
sleight-of-hand,
not
yet
noticed,
which
have
a
special
application
to
ball
tricks,
and
are
also
useful
with
regard
to
oranges,
apples,
eggs,
etc.
The
Pass
called
the
tourniquet,
or
“French
drop,”
described
already
in
relation
to
coin,
will
be
found
equally
applicable
to
balls
up
to
a
couple
of
inches
in
diameter,
but
is
not
available
for
objects
of
larger
size.
Balls
of
larger
diameter
are
best
palmed
by
one
or
other
of
the
methods
following.
First
Method.--Taking
the
ball
in
either
hand,
the
performer
tosses
the
ball
from
palm
to
palm
(at
a
few
inches’
distance)
four
or
five
times,
finally
making
the
motion
of
tossing
it
from
the
right
hand
to
the
left,
but
really
retaining
it
in
the
right
by
a
slight
contraction
of
the
palm,
and
at
the
same
time
closing
and
elevating
the
left
hand,
and
following
it
with
the
eyes,
as
though
it
contained
the
ball.
It
is
obvious
that
a
ball
of
the
size
now
under
consideration
(say
of
two
to
three
inches
in
diameter)
would
not
admit
of
the
hand
containing
it
being
perfectly
closed;
and
this
must
be
borne
in
mind
in
the
position
of
the
left
hand,
the
fingers
of
which
must
not
be
tightly
closed,
as
they
would
if
apparently
containing
a
coin
or
other
very
small
article,
but
merely
curved
inward,
the
palm,
of
course,
being
turned
toward
the
performer’s
own
body,
so
as
not
to
disclose
the
secret
of
its
emptiness.
Where
the
hand
of
the
performer
is
small,
or
the
ball
is
of
such
a
size
as
not
to
be
readily
retained
in
the
right
hand
by
the
contraction
of
the
palm,
the
thumb
may
be
used
to
assist
in
supporting
it.
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