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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
pedestal
above
described
is
a
very
useful
piece
of
apparatus,
being
available
either
to
produce,
change,
or
vanish
any
article
of
appropriate
size.
A
very
effective
trick
may
be
performed
therewith
by
causing
an
empty
tumbler
to
appear
full,
or
vice
versâ.
In
this
case,
however,
it
should
by
no
means
be
admitted
that
an
exchange
takes
place,
as
the
supposed
filling
of
an
empty
glass
with
water
by
covering
it
with
an
evidently
unsophisticated
cover,
is
rather
the
more
surprising
phenomenon.
THE
FLYING
GLASS
OF
WATER.--This
capital
trick
was,
we
believe,
first
introduced
to
the
public
by
Colonel
Stodare,
to
whom
the
profession
is
indebted
for
many
first-class
illusions.
The
necessary
apparatus
consists
of
a
couple
of
ordinary
glass
tumblers,
exactly
alike,
with
an
india-rubber
cover
just
fitting
the
mouth
of
one
of
them,
and
a
coloured
handkerchief
of
silk
or
cotton
made
double
(i.e.,
consisting
of
two
similar
handkerchiefs
sewn
together
at
the
edges),
with
a
wire
ring
(of
the
size
of
the
rim
of
one
of
the
tumblers,
or
a
fraction
larger)
stitched
loosely
between
them,
in
such
manner
that
when
the
handkerchief
is
spread
out
the
ring
shall
be
in
the
middle.
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