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====== Indian Needle Trick ====== | ====== Indian Needle Trick ====== | ||
- | Described by Cardano in his //Subtlety and Subtle Inventions// | + | Cardano, in his //Subtlety and Subtle Inventions// |
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+ | It has been recorded and generally accepted that, c. 1818, Khia Khan Khruse (stage name of Louis Antonio Khruse or Cruz) was the first to substitute needles for beads in the trick of swallowing lose beads and thread and bringing the beads back up threaded (see Sidney W. Clarke' | ||
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