W. H. Cremer
Published: 2015-06-02
Total Pages: 333
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Excerpt from Magic No Mystery: Conjuring Tricks With Cards, Balls, and Dice, Magic Writing, Performing Animals, Etc A pull from the assistant will disengage the rope wholly from the hands and arms. The Little Golden Head On Three Rings, Dancing and Jumping in a Glass, to answer different Questions. To show that this head is free from mechanism, several crown pieces are placed in the bottom of a glass, covered with a close lid, which, notwithstanding, does not hinder this head from jumping into the glass, to answer any questions proposed. At the same time a bunch of rings, seen in another glass at a little distance, perform the same motions as by sympathy. Explanation. - A second head, both being of putty baked and gilded, is put in the place of the first shown to the company, which is taken off the table on which the operation is to be made. This second head is fastened to a thread, which, passing through the table, reaches under the floor to the confederate, who dances either the rings or head at pleasure, in order to correspond properly with the conjurer; and the rings jump in like manner at pleasure. A Simple Bird Scarer. Cut the bottom of a wide bottle by heated wire, continuing a crack begun with a file or diamond, or otherwise. Fasten a cork in the neck firmly, and through it pass a wire, the lower end to reach about half-way within the bottle, where it ends in a loop, to which a button is secured. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.