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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
511
THE
INEXHAUSTIBLE
BOTTLE.--The
same
natural
principle
which
prevents
the
ink
from
flowing
into
the
bowl
of
the
ladle
until
the
upper
hole
is
opened,
is
the
basis
of
this
old
but
still
popular
trick.
The
inexhaustible
bottle,
though
in
appearance
an
ordinary
glass
bottle,
is
in
reality
of
tin,
japanned
black.
Internally
it
is
divided
into
three,
four,
or
five
separate
compartments,
ranged
round
a
central
space,
and
each
tapering
to
a
narrow-mouthed
tube,
which
terminates
about
an
inch
within
the
neck
of
the
bottle.
A
small
pinhole
is
drilled
through
the
outer
surface
of
the
bottle
into
each
compartment,
the
holes
being
so
placed
that
when
the
bottle
is
grasped
by
the
hand
in
the
ordinary
way
(see
Fig.
205),
each
hole
may
be
covered
by
one
or
other
of
the
fingers
or
thumb.
The
central
space
is
left
empty,
but
the
surrounding
compartments
are
filled,
by
means
of
a
funnel
with
a
very
tapering
nozzle,
with
the
wines
or
liquids
expected
to
be
most
in
demand,
or
to
which
it
is
intended
to
limit
the
spectators’
choice.
A
tray
full
of
glasses,
made
specially
of
very
thick
glass,
so
as
to
contain
in
reality
much
less
than
they
appear
to
do,
completes
the
apparatus.
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