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latestmagicbeing00hoff.pdf | 169 | THE MYSTERY OF MAHOMET 153 table and drop the ball in once more. Where is it now' ? On the table, you say. Quite right: here it is."7 (Lift tube, closing it, and placing it on end beside ball.) "But now I take a few handfuls of air and press them well down into the tube" (makes believe to do so), "and I drop the ball in again. This time you see it does not fall through. As a matter of fact it has stopped halfway, resting on the compressed air in the tube." (Lift tube, showing that the ball has not passed through. After replacing the tube switch the wire loop to the horizontal position, allowing the ball to drop inside the tube.) "I think there can be no doubt that this is the way Mr. Home, the medium, man- aged to float about with his head in the air and his feet on the mantelpiece. All that was needed was a few pints of compressed air in his tail-pockets. It's quite simple, when you know how it's done. "Of course, as the tube is open at the top, the effect doesn't last very long. The compressed air gradually expands again and becomes too thin to support the ball any longer. I dare say by this time it has done so."7 (Lift tube, exposing ball, and re-closing tube). "Yes, here it is." "I can keep the air from escaping to a certain extent, because I happen to have a very strong won't. A strong will is a good thing to have, but sometimes a strong won't is even more useful. Once again I will fill the tube with compressed air." (Make believe to do so, then pick up the closed |