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The Origins of Wonder

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-The term "psychometry" was coined by American scientist J. Rhodes Buchanan in 1842. (From the Greek //psyche//=spirit/mind and //metron//=measure, hence "soul-measuring".)+The term "psychometry" was coined by American scientist J. Rhodes Buchanan in 1842. (From the Greek //psyche// = spirit/mind and //metron// = measure, hence "soul-measuring".)
  
-As a mentalism plot, it was popularized by Theo Annemann in the June 1935 //[[http://askalexander.org/display/12762/Jinx+No+001+050/49|Jinx]]//, p. 36. However, there is a record of exactly that presentation used by an English medium,  J. Burns, as early as 1885.+As a mentalism plot, it was popularized by Theo Annemann in the June 1935 //[[http://askalexander.org/display/12762/Jinx+No+001+050/49|Jinx]]//, No. 9, p. 36. However, there is a record of exactly that presentation used by an English medium,  J. Burns, as early as 1885.
  
 Also note "Der Hellseher" in F. W. Conradi's //Der Moderne Kartenküstler//, 1896, p. 80; repeated in A. Roterberg's //[[http://askalexander.org/display/20169/New+Era+Card+Tricks/154|New Era Card Tricks]]//, 1897, p. 144, as "X-Rays". These are the first published descriptions of a method. The marks were on the outside of the envelopes. Annemann's placement of them inside was more subtle. Also note "Der Hellseher" in F. W. Conradi's //Der Moderne Kartenküstler//, 1896, p. 80; repeated in A. Roterberg's //[[http://askalexander.org/display/20169/New+Era+Card+Tricks/154|New Era Card Tricks]]//, 1897, p. 144, as "X-Rays". These are the first published descriptions of a method. The marks were on the outside of the envelopes. Annemann's placement of them inside was more subtle.
  
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