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The illusionist asks someone to borrow a watch for a while. The spectator gives the clock to the magician, and he puts it in a box, after hanging it on a hook in it (Fig. 139). The performer closes the box and immediately opens it. There is no watch in the box. They disappeared.

Focus Clock disappearing in a box
Fig. 139

Props:

Watch box with a secret.

Focus secret:

The secret of the focus lies in the design of the box. You can immediately open it again, and the clock, if necessary, again appears in its place (Fig. 139). If the box with the clock is removed from the case shown in the figure on the right, it will be noticeable that it consists of two parts: internal and external (Fig. 140, A).

Focus Clock disappearing in a box
Fig. 140

Here is the inner box in which the watch is placed. Two branches are clearly visible: right and left. This box, consisting of five walls and one bottom, is embedded in another, outer box (Fig. 140, B), made in such a way that box A occupies exactly 2/3 of its length, easily enters into it and could freely move right and left. The outer box has a bottom, four walls and two small lids, equal in size to exactly half of the entire box A.

If we put a clock in one of the halves of box A, and then move it inside the outer box B, then the clock will hide from the eyes of the audience under one of the two upper covers. In box B, holes O are made on both sides, through which rod C can pass, embedded in the wall of case C. The rod advances box A in the direction indicated in fig. 140, D bold arrow. Case B consists of a bottom, three walls and a lid. A metal rod C is firmly embedded in the short wall.

On fig. 140 shows all the boxes in a section in the same position in which they were shown earlier in fig. 140. If we now move the case B to the left, then the rod C through the hole O in the box B will enter it and move the box A to the left to the full - the clock will hide from the audience. If, after this, box B is removed from case C, then the watch will not be visible. However, if the same box B is inserted again into case C, turning it with the other end, and pushed in, then rod C will move box A again - and the clock will be visible as soon as we remove box B from case C. It is clear that removing the box from case and insert into it at ease, without looking at your hands.

This simple apparatus serves as an auxiliary device in more complex tricks, where in the course of the trick it is necessary to make the disappearance of the clock. Once the illusionist reveals that the clock in the box is gone, he casually passes the box to an assistant, who opens it backstage.

The inside of box A is covered with velvet or satin, like a jewelry box, and box B and case C are decorated with some kind of pattern.

Author: Vadimov A.A.

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