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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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Small
round
tables
(for
the
disappearance
of
a
rabbit,
or
the
like)
are
sometimes
made
on
the
same
principle.
The
following
will
be
found
a
simple
and
convenient
arrangement:--Let
the
table
be
of
the
form
shown
in
Fig.
281,
and
two
feet
seven
inches
high.
Let
the
uppermost
eight
inches
of
the
pillar
be
a
plain
cylinder
a
a,
an
inch
and
a
half
in
diameter.
Below
this
the
pillar
may
increase
in
size,
and
may
be
of
an
ornamental
character.
Take
two
circular
boards
of
deal
or
mahogany,
each
eighteen
to
twenty
inches
in
diameter,
and
five-eighths
of
an
inch
thick.
In
the
centre
of
one
of
them,
b,
cut
a
circular
hole
an
inch
and
three-quarters
in
diameter.
This
will
form
the
under
side
of
the
“bellows,”
the
object
being
to
allow
the
board
to
slide
freely
up
and
down
on
a
a.
The
other
board,
which
we
will
call
c,
is
screwed
firmly
on
to
the
pillar,
to
form
the
top
of
the
table.
Next
take
a
strip
of
black
alpaca,
ten
inches
in
width,
and
nail
its
opposite
edges
round
b
and
c,
leaving
a
small
space
at
one
side
to
give
access
to
the
interior.
Tie
a
piece
of
cord
elastic
round
the
centre
of
the
alpaca,
tightly
enough
to
exercise
a
considerable
degree
of
tension.
Fix
such
traps
as
may
be
desired
in
c,
and
glue
over
it
a
fancy-patterned
cloth,
with
a
fringe
or
border
hanging
down
nine
or
ten
inches
round
the
sides.
The
performer,
before
executing
any
trick
with
this
table,
may
pointedly
draw
attention
to
the
fact
that
it
contains
no
drawer
or
other
place
of
concealment.
In
doing
this
(see
Fig.
282)
he
with
one
hand
raises
the
lower
board
level
with
the
upper
(the
action
of
the
elastic
drawing
in
the
alpaca
between
the
two),
while
with
the
other
hand
he
raises
the
fringe,
and
shows,
apparently,
that
the
top
of
the
table
is
but
a
single
board.
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