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This principle was used as far back as the 17th century, appearing in two anonymous, unpublished manuscripts: | This principle was used as far back as the 17th century, appearing in two anonymous, unpublished manuscripts: | ||
- | The idea didn't hit the printed page until the mid-nineteenth century. It appeared with a half-card in the trick "Hold it Fast" in anonymously authored //[[http://askalexander.org/display/12501/Parlour+magic+electronic+resource/227-228|Parlour Magic]]//, 1838, p. 157 (link is to 3rd ed., p. 203). Later, it was included in R.P's //Ein Spiel Karten//, 1853, p. 22 of the Pieper translation. | + | The idea didn't hit the printed page until the mid-nineteenth century. It appeared with a half-card in the trick "Hold it Fast" in anonymously authored //[[http://www.conjuringcredits.com/lib/tpl/credits/files/ |
During the latter half of the 19th century, the idea was applied to slate writing. (See, for example, "The Interrupted Flap" in William Robinson' | During the latter half of the 19th century, the idea was applied to slate writing. (See, for example, "The Interrupted Flap" in William Robinson' |