Hydrostatic Dollar......$10.00
This effect is so called, because it is an impromptu, close-up version, of the
classic "Hydrostatic Glass". However, it uses salt in place of water, so
strictly speaking the word hydrostatic is something of a misnomer. On the
other hand, the effect is so similar that the title seems appropriate, even if it
is not completely accurate.
EFFECT: The performer displays a dollar bill in his otherwise empty
hands. It is rolled into a tube. A visiting card is held against the lower end of
this tube, forming the bottom of an improvised "cannister". Taking a salt
shaker, the magician proceeds to pour the contents into the tube. This
is continued, until the latter is completely full. Murmuring magic incantations,
the magician slowly withdraws the card. Instead of the contents of the tube
being disgorged all over the table top, the salt mysteriously remains
suspended inside the bill, apparently defying gravity. There it stays for as
long as desired but, on the word of command, without any apparent action
on the performer's part, the salt cascades from the tube. Finally the bill is
unrolled and displayed all round. The magician's hands are quite empty.
This effect is so called, because it is an impromptu, close-up version, of the
classic "Hydrostatic Glass". However, it uses salt in place of water, so
strictly speaking the word hydrostatic is something of a misnomer. On the
other hand, the effect is so similar that the title seems appropriate, even if it
is not completely accurate.
EFFECT: The performer displays a dollar bill in his otherwise empty
hands. It is rolled into a tube. A visiting card is held against the lower end of
this tube, forming the bottom of an improvised "cannister". Taking a salt
shaker, the magician proceeds to pour the contents into the tube. This
is continued, until the latter is completely full. Murmuring magic incantations,
the magician slowly withdraws the card. Instead of the contents of the tube
being disgorged all over the table top, the salt mysteriously remains
suspended inside the bill, apparently defying gravity. There it stays for as
long as desired but, on the word of command, without any apparent action
on the performer's part, the salt cascades from the tube. Finally the bill is
unrolled and displayed all round. The magician's hands are quite empty.
