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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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THE
MAGIC
COFFERS.--These
are
round
tin
boxes,
japanned
to
taste,
and
made
generally
about
five
inches
in
depth
by
three
in
diameter,
though
they
are
sometimes
larger.
(See
Fig.
163.)
The
only
speciality
about
them
is
a
moveable
portion
a,
which
may
either
be
removed
with
the
lid
or
left
upon
the
box,
according
as
the
lid
is
lifted
with
or
without
lateral
pressure.
This
moveable
portion
is
bottomed
with
a
grating
of
parallel
wires,
an
eighth
of
an
inch
apart.
The
coffers
are
generally
worked
in
pairs,
the
effect
produced
by
them
being
the
apparent
transmission
of
the
contents
of
the
one
to
the
other,
and
vice
versâ.
They
may
be
worked
with
various
articles.
For
our
present
purpose
we
will
suppose
that
the
performer
desires
to
change
white
haricot
beans
to
coffee-berries,
both
of
which
suit
the
apparatus
very
well.
He
beforehand
fills
the
one
coffer
with
beans,
and
the
moveable
compartment
belonging
to
it
with
coffee-berries,
doing
exactly
the
reverse
as
to
the
second
coffer.
The
coffers
are
now
brought
forward,
and
the
performer,
removing
the
lids
(with
the
moveable
compartments),
allows
the
spectators
to
satisfy
themselves
that
each
coffer
is
full
to
the
bottom,
and
that
the
contents
are
nothing
more
or
less
than
what
they
appear
to
be.
This
being
established,
he
returns
to
his
table,
and
again
puts
the
lids
on
the
coffers,
taking
care
that
that
which
contains
the
beans
shall
be
placed
on
the
coffer
containing
the
coffee-berries,
and
vice
versâ.
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