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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
553
Again
disengaging
the
lower
ring,
passing
one
of
the
single
rings
from
the
left
hand
to
the
right,
and
laying
down
on
the
table
all
the
rings
remaining
in
that
hand
(the
group
of
three
uppermost)
he
joins
the
single
ring
to
the
key
ring,
thus
making
a
chain
of
four,
of
which
the
key
ring
is
second
from
the
top.
These
he
lays,
still
linked,
upon
the
table,
and
takes
up
from
the
heap
already
lying
there
the
three
uppermost
(which,
it
will
be
remembered,
are
the
group
of
three),
and
holding
them
for
a
moment
together
in
the
hand,
lets
them
fall
one
by
one
to
form
a
second
chain
of
three.
Taking
the
next
ring
of
the
heap
(the
second
key
ring)
in
his
disengaged
hand,
he
steps
forward,
and
requests
some
one
to
take
hold
of
either
of
the
three
rings,
and
to
pull
against
him,
in
order
to
prove
their
solidity.
This
ascertained,
he
passes
the
upper
ring
of
the
three
into
the
hand
which
already
holds
the
key
ring,
and
links
it
into
the
key
ring,
thus
forming
a
second
chain
of
four,
of
which
in
this
case
the
key
is
the
uppermost.
Linking
the
lowermost
into
the
key
ring,
he
shows
the
rings
as
in
Fig.
240.
Once
more
unlinking
the
lower
ring,
so
that
the
four
again
appear
as
a
single
chain,
he
proceeds
(apparently)
to
link
all
the
twelve
together.
This
is
effected
as
follows:--
Taking
two
of
the
single
rings,
the
performer
links
them
into
the
key
ring
of
the
chain
which
he
holds.
He
next
links
one
of
these
same
single
rings
into
the
key
ring
of
the
other
chain,
thus
linking
the
two
chains
together
at
a
distance
of
one
ring
from
the
end
of
the
chain.
He
thus
has
ten
rings
joined.
He
now
takes
the
two
chains
one
in
each
hand
by
the
ends
remotest
from
the
point
of
juncture,
immediately
after
picking
up
and
holding
(one
in
each
hand)
the
two
remaining
single
rings.
These,
of
course,
he
does
not
and
cannot
link
with
the
rings
adjoining
them,
but
the
audience
seeing
that
all
the
rest
are
linked
together,
readily
believe
that
these
also
form
part
of
the
chain.
The
precise
arrangement
of
the
rings
will
be
readily
understood
from
an
inspection
of
Fig.
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