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According to Jean Hugard, Australian magician Ernest Hoskings came up this the idea of shaving the ends of a string to points and waxing them, so that a spectator could cut the string in the center, the two pieces could be clearly separated, and then the waxed ends joined to effect a restoration. The trick later became known as Harry Kellar' | According to Jean Hugard, Australian magician Ernest Hoskings came up this the idea of shaving the ends of a string to points and waxing them, so that a spectator could cut the string in the center, the two pieces could be clearly separated, and then the waxed ends joined to effect a restoration. The trick later became known as Harry Kellar' | ||
- | The idea of unraveling the center strands to form two pseudo-ends is stated to be " | + | The idea of unraveling the center strands to form two pseudo-ends is stated to be " |
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