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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
492
THE
CHANGING
LADLE.--This
is
a
piece
of
apparatus
designed
for
secretly
obtaining
possession
of
a
chosen
card
or
piece
of
writing.
The
bowl,
so
to
speak,
of
the
ladle
is
in
the
form
of
a
segment
of
a
cylinder
(see
Fig.
192),
the
size
of
its
opening
being
about
four
inches
by
two
and
a
half,
and
its
depth
three
inches.
It
is
made
of
tin,
with
a
thin,
cylindrical
handle.
The
edges
of
the
bowl
are
turned
inwards
all
round
to
the
extent
of
about
a
sixteenth
of
an
inch,
thereby
serving
to
disguise
a
moveable
slab
of
tin,
a,
which
moves
backwards
and
forwards
like
the
leaf
of
a
book
within
the
ladle,
working
upon
a
hinge
at
its
lower
edge.
This
is
made
to
work
backwards
and
forwards
by
a
wire
rod
passing
through
the
whole
length
of
the
handle,
and
terminating
in
a
little
knob
or
cap
at
its
outer
end.
The
normal
position
of
a
is
to
lie
against
the
inner
or
handle
side
of
the
bowl
(see
Fig.
193),
being
retained
in
that
position
by
the
effect
of
a
spiral
spring
in
the
handle,
which
draws
the
wire
back.
If,
however,
pressure
be
applied
to
the
knob
or
cap
at
the
end
of
the
handle,
the
wire
is
forced
downwards,
thereby
bringing
the
moveable
leaf
a
against
the
outer
side
of
the
bowl,
as
shown
in
Fig.
194.
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