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--- cards:mechanical_reverse [2014/06/04 17:36] – denisbehr
+++ cards:mechanical_reverse [2015/09/27 10:39] – Replaced Stewart James with Louis F. Christianer. tylerwilson
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 ====== Mechanical Reverse ======
-The Mechanical Reverse evolved in clearly defined steps. The actual movement of the hand secretly flipping cards over from the fingertips to the palm was published in Henri Decremps' book, //[[http://askalexander.org/display/5129/Decremps+from+Kaufman/161|Le Testament de Jérôme Sharp]]//, 1785, p. 161 of the Hugard translation, in the context of a [[cards:card_at_any_number|Card at Any Number]] effect. This move used no cards as cover; it was just a secret deck flop. 166 years later, Stewart James published the move with cover — the first modern-day mechanical reverse. He called it the Top Cover Move, which was part of his marketed trick, //The Nullifactor//, 1951.
+The Mechanical Reverse evolved in clearly defined steps. The actual movement of the hand secretly flipping cards over from the fingertips to the palm was published in Henri Decremps' book, //[[http://askalexander.org/display/5129/Decremps+from+Kaufman/161|Le Testament de Jérôme Sharp]]//, 1785, p. 161 of the Hugard translation, in the context of a [[cards:card_at_any_number|Card at Any Number]] effect. This move used no cards as cover; it was just a secret deck flop. 134 years later, Louis F. Christianer published the same turnover mechanics, but under cover of the deck. Christianer included his move in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/38020/Magical+Bulletin/7|The Magical Bulletin]]//, Vol. 7 No. 6, June 1919, p. 55.
-Dr. Ronald Wohl later included the now-common pinky wedge break and included it in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/11088/Ibidem+2/363|Ibidem]]//, No. 28, Apr. 1963, p. 36 (Wohl's ms. was written between April 1957 and March 1958). It wasn’t until //[[http://askalexander.org/display/20049/Epilogue/261|Epilogue Special #2]]//, 1975, p. 251, that Ken Krenzel jumped on board and gave it the name we now all use.
+Dr. Ronald Wohl later added the now-common pinky wedge break and included it in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/11088/Ibidem+2/363|Ibidem]]//, No. 28, Apr. 1963, p. 36 (Wohl's ms. was written between April 1957 and March 1958). It wasn’t until //[[http://askalexander.org/display/20049/Epilogue/261|Epilogue Special #2]]//, 1975, p. 251, that Ken Krenzel jumped on board and gave it the name we now all use.
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