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| The earliest example of the Addition Test in print seems to be one by H. B. Wilton in //The Somatic Conjuror//, 1870, p. 32. The sum of three gentlemen' | The earliest example of the Addition Test in print seems to be one by H. B. Wilton in //The Somatic Conjuror//, 1870, p. 32. The sum of three gentlemen' | ||
| + | =====Later Developments===== | ||
| Frank W. Thomas uses the idea as one component of a book test methodology in his " | Frank W. Thomas uses the idea as one component of a book test methodology in his " | ||
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| + | In 1912, a conjurer named Mr. Ash, with the assistance of H. Syril Dusenberry, was reported to have performed an addition test for fellow magicians in San Francisco, with Dusenberry announcing the total remotely over a telephone before the addition was completed. See // | ||
| Another early example is "A Good Slate Trick" in Elbiquet' | Another early example is "A Good Slate Trick" in Elbiquet' | ||