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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
489
THE
COVER,
TO
PICK
UP
ANY
ARTICLE.--This
(called
in
French
“ramasse-tout”)
is
a
brass
cover
of
six
to
ten
inches
in
height,
and
of
the
shape
shown
in
Fig.
187.
Within
it
works
backwards
and
forwards
on
a
spring
hinge,
a
kind
of
scoop,
pressing,
when
at
rest,
against
the
side
of
the
cover,
as
in
Fig.
188,
but
moving
into
the
position
shown
in
Fig.
189
whenever
pressure
is
applied
to
the
button
a,
again
returning
to
its
original
position
when
such
pressure
is
removed.
The
manner
of
using
it
is
as
follows:--The
performer,
we
will
suppose,
desires
to
cause
the
disappearance
of
an
orange,
in
order
that
it
(or
a
counterpart)
may
be
subsequently
produced
in
some
other
quarter.
Placing
the
orange
upon
the
table,
he
places
the
cover
over
it,
pressing,
as
he
does
so,
the
button
a,
so
as
to
draw
back
the
scoop.
As
his
hand
quits
the
cover,
the
pressure
being
removed,
the
return
of
the
spring
causes
the
scoop
to
clip
the
orange
tightly
against
the
side
of
the
cover;
and
if
the
cover
be
now
lifted
without
pressing
the
button,
it
will
carry
the
orange
with
it.
If
it
is
desired
again
to
produce
the
orange,
the
button
is
pressed
in
the
act
of
lifting
the
cover,
which
then
leaves
the
orange
on
the
table.
It
is
hardly
necessary
to
observe
that
the
cover
is
always
lifted
perpendicularly,
so
that
the
spectator
cannot
see
the
interior.
It
is
well
to
be
provided
with
a
second
cover
similar
in
external
appearance,
but
without
any
mechanism.
This
may
be
handed
round
for
inspection,
and
afterwards
secretly
exchanged
for
the
mechanical
cover.
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