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The Origins of Wonder

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cards:card_vanish_using_moistened_back_of_hand [2013/04/12 10:23] tylerwilsoncards:card_vanish_using_moistened_back_of_hand [2013/11/02 19:45] tylerwilson
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-The trick of vanishing a card from the deck by knocking it or touching it subtly with the moistened back of the hand, which secretly picks up the top card, dates back to the //Asti Manuscript// (c. 1700)within a trick with the translated title of “To cause a card to pass from one pile to another.” This manuscript was translated by Dr. Lori Pieper in the Winter, 2013 issue of //Gibecière// (Vol. 8No1)It later appeared in Jacques Oazanam'//Recréatifs mathématiques et physiques//, 1693See Gaultier's //[[http://askalexander.org/display/20099/Magic+Without+Apparatus/32|Magic Without Apparatus]]//, p. 12No25.+The trick of vanishing a card from the deck by knocking it or touching it subtly with the moistened back of the hand, which secretly picks up the top card, was included in Jacques Ozanam'//Récréations Mathématiques et Physiques//, 1694, p. 131 of the Pieper translation. This was translated in //Gibecière//, Winter 2011, p79-156Around the same time, it was included in the unpublished //Asti Manuscript//, c1700, p58 of the Pieper translation. This manuscript was translated in //Gibecière//, Winter 2013p29-234.
  
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