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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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In
this
trick
also
the
spring
pistons
of
the
Magic
Harlequin
were
used.
The
real
oranges
were
fixed
on
pins
and
hidden
by
the
leaves.
A
string
or
wire
opened
the
leaves,
gradually
disclosing
the
oranges,
which
appeared
at
a
distance
to
grow
in
size
as
the
leaves
spread
wider.
Another
set
of
wires,
worked
by
another
string,
pushed
the
blossoms
up
fine
tubes,
and
as
the
paper
emerged
from
the
tube
the
separate
parts
spread
out,
giving
the
appearance
of
growing
blossoms.
As
soon
as
the
two
halves
of
the
sham
orange
in
the
centre
were
released,
the
butterflies,
attached
by
wires
to
the
stalk,
and
fixed
upon
delicate
spiral
springs,
sprang
out
of
their
own
accord,
and
presented
the
appearance
of
fluttering
on
the
wing.
The
bona
fide
handkerchief
was
pushed
into
the
halves
of
the
orange
through
a
hole
in
the
back
while
Houdin
was
taking
off
the
real
oranges.
A
rose-tree,
similar
in
its
effects,
was
also
exhibited
by
Houdin.
This
clever
mechanician
was,
I
believe,
the
inventor
of
the
Electric
Bell,
or,
to
be
more
precise,
he
produced
it
as
a
magical
trick,
long
before
the
electric
bell
came
into
use.
The
Magic
Drum,
swung
from
the
ceiling
by
means
of
wires
looking
like
cords,
of
which
Houdin
was
the
first
exhibitor,
was
constructed
on
precisely
the
same
principles
as
the
modern
continuous
electric
bell,
only
worked
with
a
much
stronger
battery
and
a
more
powerfully
made
electro-magnet.
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