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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
520
THE
MYSTERIOUS
FUNNEL.--This
is
a
little
appliance
on
the
same
principle,
which
may
be
incidentally
introduced
with
good
effect
in
the
course
of
a
wine
trick.
It
is
a
tin
funnel,
made
double
throughout,
with
a
space
of
half-an-inch
or
so
between
its
inner
and
outer
sides.
It
is,
in
fact,
a
funnel
within
a
funnel,
joined
at
the
upper
edges.
(See
Fig.
210.)
It
has
an
air-hole,
a,
generally
on
the
under
side
of
the
handle.
When
required
for
use,
the
hidden
space
is
filled
with
wine.
The
simplest
way
of
doing
this
is
to
stop
the
spout
of
the
funnel
with
the
finger,
and
then
to
fill
it
with
wine,
which,
seeking
its
own
level,
will
gradually
rise
to
the
same
height
in
the
outer
space
as
it
stands
at
inside
the
funnel.
This
must,
of
course,
be
done
with
the
air-hole
open.
When
the
space
is
filled,
the
air-hole
is
stopped,
and
the
wine
remaining
inside
the
funnel
allowed
to
run
out.
The
funnel
will
now
appear
perfectly
empty,
and
may
be
used
as
a
funnel
in
the
ordinary
way.
The
mode
of
using
the
funnel
is
somewhat
after
the
following
manner,
subject,
of
course,
to
variation,
according
to
the
taste
and
invention
of
the
performer:--
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
