Underground economy of the illusionist in the circus. Effective trick and its solution

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The "underground economy" of the illusionist in the circus serves to implement the simplest ways of substitution, disappearance or appearance in any number. The magician's work in this case differs sharply from the so-called work "on the carpet", where the equipment does not communicate with the floor in any way, and is usually installed on stands, legs, to emphasize the lack of connection with the "underground" passages. When using underground devices, the apparatus can also be externally seemingly isolated from the floor, as we saw in the example with "New Year's clock", in fact, the stand and the shield mask its connection with the secret passage.

On fig. 203 we give a simple schematic diagram of the location of passages and hatches in the circus. A - a large hatch located behind the forgang, single-leaf, on strong hinges.

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Fig. 203

The manhole cover fits into a very strong frame and is flush with the floor. It is made, like all the others, very strong, based on a possible large load (elephants, horses, etc.). From the hatch, the passage leads under the floor of the backstage part and under the platform for the exit of the artists, passes under the arena and, having moved about two meters from the barrier, branches to three hatches: B - almost in the center of the arena, C - left (from the main entrance) and D - right , on the side of the exit. Hatches B, C and D open down and have a single-leaf shield. From below, the hatch is locked with strong locks - latches, bolts.

From above, the door is very carefully upholstered with several layers of thick tarpaulin to muffle the sound, for example, when jumping. The top of the hatch is made 4-5 cm below the level of the arena and carefully covered with a layer of sawdust on top. According to the location of the hatches, a special floor was made of well-fitted boards fastened with slats. The floor is well primed and painted with intricate drawings that mask the hatches very well.

All floor hatches open down, their covers fit perfectly into the open lower hatches of the arena, without interfering with the movement of assistants. The floor is made in the form of separate large shields. Laying it usually begins with any one hatch. A special assistant carefully aligns the hatches of the shield and the arena.

For greater clarity, we give Fig. 204, which shows a small floor of 1 shields on a scale of 100: 11. It turns out a floor with an area of approximately 7x7 m with shield No. 1, which is made with a semicircular hatch B; the other two hatches - A and B - can be very different both in pattern and in shape.

Focus Underground economy of the illusionist in the circus
Fig. 204

The numbers indicate the shields in the order in which they are laid. A specially made applique carpet is laid around the floor, and the barrier is covered with the same matching path. The whole installation looks very colorful, and the small, well-painted floor does not arouse much suspicion from the unsophisticated viewer.

It should be noted that communication passages must be securely fenced on all sides with strong shields to prevent the earth from sliding. After the floor is installed, the assistant opens the necessary hatches in the arena and then carefully removes all the sawdust that has fallen down from the hatch cover. The communication passages are always well lit by a special remote electrical wiring.

Author: Vadimov A.A.

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