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latestmagicbeing00hoff.pdf | 119 | CULTURE EXTRAORDINARY 103 second finger and thumb of the left hand, and apparently take it back by means of the pincette or tourniquet; then professedly dropping it into the second tube. "And now, to complete the set, we shall have to grow a red ball. Here is a seedling of that col- our." You pick up the little red ball, and make believe to pass it after the same fashion into the third tube. "And now to supply the heat. We do not need much, the space being SO confined. I find that even the flame of a match is sufficient." You strike a match and move the flame round and round within the top of the larger tube till the thread catches fire and releases the ball. Should this be heard to drop, you account for it by remark- ing "I dare say you noticed a little explosion. That is caused by the sudden radio-activity of the component atoms re-arranging themselves in the expanded form." You raise the tube and show the ball: then go through the same process with the second tube. Under cover of raising this tube to show the ball, you get the large red ball from the vest into the left hand and palm it. "Perhaps you would like to watch the progress a little more closely." You pick up the third tube and place it upright on the palm of the left hand, in so doing introducing the palmed ball from below, and advance with it to the company. "The red balls are especially sensitive to heat. |