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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
526
In
combination
with
the
Bran
Bottle,
the
trick
last
above
described
is
greatly
heightened
in
effect,
the
bottle
appearing
under
the
cover
which
has
just
been
placed
over
the
tin
box--the
bran
from
the
latter
being
found
under
the
cover
which
a
moment
previously
concealed
the
bottle,
and
the
tin
box
being
found
to
have
passed
into
the
large
box
of
bran.
The
Bran
Bottle
may
also
be
worked
with
great
effect
in
combination
with
the
trick
of
the
“Bran
and
Orange,”
described
at
page
335.
THE
BRAN
GLASS.--This
is
an
ingenious
and
very
useful
piece
of
apparatus.
It
is
made
in
all
sizes,
from
that
of
an
ordinary
wine-glass
to
a
goblet
large
enough
to
hold
a
rabbit.
Its
effect
is
as
follows:--The
glass
is
brought
forward
apparently
filled
with
bran
to
the
brim.
The
performer
proves
its
genuineness
by
taking
up
a
handful
of
it,
and
scattering
it
over
the
stage.
A
brass
cover
is
now
placed
over
the
glass,
and
instantly
removed,
when
every
particle
of
bran
is
found
to
have
disappeared,
and
in
place
of
it
is
found
some
article
which
had
been
conjured
away
at
some
earlier
period
of
the
trick.
The
explanation
is
very
simple.
The
glass
is
shaped
as
shown
in
Fig.
215,
with
straight
sides,
tapering
outwards.
The
supposed
bran
is
really
a
hollow
shape
of
tin,
a,
closed
at
the
top,
but
open
at
the
bottom,
with
bran
gummed
all
over
it,
and
a
handful
of
loose
bran
spread
on
the
top.
At
each
side
of
its
upper
edge
is
a
little
wire
point,
just
overpassing
the
edge
of
the
glass.
The
cover
(see
Fig.
216),
which
is
of
such
a
size
as
to
cover
the
glass
as
far
as
the
upper
part
of
its
stem,
has
no
speciality
about
it,
save
a
shallow
groove
running
round
its
upper
edge
on
the
inside,
as
shown
by
the
dotted
line.
When
the
cover
is
placed
on
the
glass,
and
pressed
smartly
down,
the
two
points
already
mentioned
are
forced
into
this
groove,
which
thus
grips
the
tin
shape,
and
when
again
removed,
lifts
it
out
of
the
glass,
leaving
behind
whatever
article
may
have
been
beforehand
placed
within.
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