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A very early form of the force is poorly described in an anonymous notebook written circa 1800, transcribed and published by Will Houstoun as //The Notebook//, 2009, p. 21. In Item 17, the force card is injogged for more than half its length and bowed downward against the performer' | A very early form of the force is poorly described in an anonymous notebook written circa 1800, transcribed and published by Will Houstoun as //The Notebook//, 2009, p. 21. In Item 17, the force card is injogged for more than half its length and bowed downward against the performer' | ||
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+ | The same outward procedure of knife-based card selection was also used to glimpse a fair selection. Alon Lord suggested using the reflection of the knife to gain knowledge of the lower card of the upper packet --- the card given to the spectator as his selection. Lord published this technique in // | ||
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