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====== Four Ace Location by Spectator ====== | ====== Four Ace Location by Spectator ====== | ||
- | The general effect dates back to the 19th century. [[cards: | + | The general effect dates back to the 19th century. [[cards: |
- | Louis Lam described the idea of a spectator making four piles to find the Aces. It was an inversion of the now-common cutting sequence, with the spectator dealing any number of cards she desires into four piles and finding an Ace at the bottom of each. This was published in //" | + | Perhaps the first approach to the idea of having a spectator cut the deck into four piles, each with an Ace on top, is "An Easy Card Trick" by Victor Maxwell (G. E. Thompson) in // |
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+ | William Larsen, Jr. approached the effect by palming the four Aces, spreading the deck for four selections, and then performing a four-for-four palm change. This was published in // | ||
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+ | Louis Lam described the idea of a spectator making four piles to find the Aces. It was an inversion of the now-common cutting sequence, with the spectator dealing any number of cards he desires into four piles and finding an Ace at the bottom of each. This was published in //" | ||
David Michael Evans points out that Audley Walsh included the idea of a spectator choosing the four Aces as one phase of "The Audley Walsh Coincidence", | David Michael Evans points out that Audley Walsh included the idea of a spectator choosing the four Aces as one phase of "The Audley Walsh Coincidence", | ||
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It is possible an earlier Ace location by Frederick Moorhouse may have been Belchou' | It is possible an earlier Ace location by Frederick Moorhouse may have been Belchou' | ||
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+ | The concept of distributing a group of desired cards onto the tops of several packets, under the pretense of following a magical or mathematical process, as used by Moorhouse and Belchou, can be found in J. N. Ponsin' | ||
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