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The magician takes a glass from his illusion table and a bottle of lemonade standing next to it (Fig. 1).

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Holding a glass in one hand and a bottle in the other, the performer tries to pour lemonade into the glass, but a miracle happens: the magician has not even had time to bring the bottle closer to the glass, as the glass is already filled to the brim with lemonade. Since the glass is full, the artist no longer needs to hold the bottle in his hand, and he puts it on the table, and brings the glass with the drink to his mouth.

But before the performer had time to take even one sip, there was not a drop left of the drink in the glass. Then the artist again takes the bottle to pour himself some water. And again, he does not have time to bring it to the glass, as the glass is again full. Now the artist, without putting the bottles on the table, without wasting time, drinks the contents of the glass with pleasure. And the glass, like an inexhaustible source, is filled again and again with a pleasant drink without the help of a bottle. Finally, having quenched his thirst, the performer puts the bottle and the miracle glass on the table.

Focus secret:

A glass and a bottle of lemonade are the main props of this trick.

The bottle is the most common, it can be found in everyone. A glass with a secret, it will have to be ordered from a glass blower. Such a glass differs from the usual one in that it is double, its leg is hollow, and the stand is strongly concave (Fig. 2).

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The inside of the glass does not touch the bottom of the outside. Between the inner and outer parts of the glass there is a gap of 3 mm. The inner part of the glass is fastened to the edges of the outer part. Four small holes are made in the thickness of this bonded edge for air penetration (Fig. 3)

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The recess in the stand makes it possible to pour brewed tea there, the color of which matches the color of lemonade. After the tea is poured into the stand, it is necessary to seal its bottom. To do this, a circle of chambered rubber is superimposed on the bottom of the stand, which is glued to it along the edges with BF-2 glue (Fig. 4).

Two-tone glasses are often found in our everyday life. We will take advantage of this circumstance and make our glass of two colors of glass.

Let the glass be white, and the leg and stand blue or red. This will make it possible to hide a secret from the viewer (Fig. 5).

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In order to ensure the supply of liquid to the glass in a timely manner, the performer needs to remember the position of the fingers. The glass should be held by the bottom of the stem with the thumb and middle fingers, and the ring finger will perform the main secret function. It should be under a rubber-sealed stand (Fig. 6).

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To fill the glass with "lemonade", the artist presses with his ring finger on the rubber bottom of the stand, the liquid rushes up the hollow leg and fills the gap between the inner and outer parts of the glass. This creates the visual effect of focus.

Author: Akopyan A.A.

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