Lab
Library
Journal
Shop
Sign in
to keep
Share image
1
750
Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
507
Two
improvements
have
recently
been
made
in
this
trick,
which,
though
trifles
in
themselves,
greatly
heighten
the
effect.
Upon
a
performance
of
the
trick
as
already
described,
it
is
not
uncommon
to
find
some
person,
more
acute
than
the
average,
guess
that
there
is
a
ring
in
the
handkerchief.
The
first
of
the
improvements
we
have
mentioned
is
designed
to
make
the
ring
no
longer
a
fixture,
and
yet
to
insure
bringing
it
into
the
right
position
when
necessary.
This
is
effected
by
stitching
the
two
handkerchiefs
together,
not
only
round
the
edge,
as
already
explained,
but
also
as
shown
by
the
dotted
line
in
Fig.
203.
This
confines
the
ring
to
the
triangular
enclosure,
a
e
d,
within
which,
however,
it
is
allowed
to
move
freely,
not
being
attached
to
the
handkerchief
in
any
way.
If
the
handkerchief
is
held
by
the
two
corners
a
d
(which
should
be
distinguished
by
a
mark
of
coloured
silk
or
worsted,
so
as
to
be
readily
identified
by
the
performer)
the
ring
will
take
its
proper
place
in
the
middle,
as
shown
in
the
figure.
If,
on
the
other
hand,
the
handkerchief
be
held
by
either
the
corners
a
b
or
c
d,
the
ring
will
forthwith
run
into
the
angle
a
d
e
or
d
a
e,
as
the
case
may
be,
and
the
handkerchief,
if
grasped
a
little
below
this
particular
corner,
may
be
twisted
or
pulled
through
the
hands
ropewise,
proving,
with
apparent
conclusiveness,
that
there
is
no
ring
or
shape
concealed
in
it.
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
