Conjuring Credits

The Origins of Wonder

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cards:carlyle_false_count [2017/09/28 22:42] – created stephenminchcards:carlyle_false_count [2017/10/01 01:02] (current) – Added Plate reference. tylerwilson
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 This false count for cards and bills, invented by Francis Carlyle, is distinguished by the "walking fingers" action used by the hand receiving the counted cards. It was first described by Jean Hugard in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/14540/More+Card+Manipulations+No+3/14|More Card Manipulations, No. 3]]//, 1940, p. 15. This false count for cards and bills, invented by Francis Carlyle, is distinguished by the "walking fingers" action used by the hand receiving the counted cards. It was first described by Jean Hugard in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/14540/More+Card+Manipulations+No+3/14|More Card Manipulations, No. 3]]//, 1940, p. 15.
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 +Carlyle's "walking fingers" action was a finesse on a false count used by Adrian Plate in his "The Disappearing Card" from //[[http://askalexander.org/display/9988/Magician+Annual/39|The Magician Annual]]//, 1907-1908, p. 37.
  
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