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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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The
performer,
in
making
the
motion
of
picking
up
the
coins
(with
one
hand),
with
the
tip
of
the
third
finger
pulls
the
pin
d
towards
him.
This
withdraws
the
catch,
and
a
instantly
drops
down
to
the
bottom
of
the
cylinder,
carrying
the
coins
with
it.
As
soon
as
a
reaches
its
lowest
point,
it
draws
down
the
pin
e,
thereby
releasing
a
similar
disc
f,
which,
working
laterally
on
a
spring
pivot
at
the
edge
of
the
opening,
describes
a
semicircle,
and
assumes
the
position
previously
occupied
by
a,
a
portion
of
one
side
of
the
cylinder,
at
the
top,
being
cut
away
to
allow
of
its
passage.
Fig.
275
shows
the
trap
in
its
first,
and
Fig.
276
in
its
second
condition,
the
latter
being,
for
greater
clearness,
drawn
in
section.
The
apparatus
is
rather
complicated,
and
it
is
almost
hopeless
to
endeavour
to
render
it
clearly
intelligible
by
description
only.
In
the
absence
of
this
special
trap,
the
same
object
may
be
nearly
as
well
effected
with
an
ordinary
trap
by
using
half-crowns
(be
it
remembered
that
it
is
always
substitute
coins
which
are
made
to
disappear
in
this
manner)
which
have
been
beeswaxed
on
both
sides.
A
very
slight
pressure
will
cause
a
number
of
coins
thus
prepared
to
adhere
together,
and
form
for
the
time
being
a
solid
mass,
which
will
fall
through
the
trap
without
causing
any
“clink.”
We
next
come
to--
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