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- | The earliest example | + | In 1787, the Italian conjurer, Signior Falconi, featured a prediction |
- | Two more tests, framed as predictions, | + | 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' |
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+ | Frank W. Thomas uses the idea as one component of a book test methodology in his " | ||
Another early example is "A Good Slate Trick" in Elbiquet' | Another early example is "A Good Slate Trick" in Elbiquet' | ||
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- | The above research | + | The above is based in part on research provided by Max Maven. |
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