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  2. Magic (illusion) - Wikipedia

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    The performance of tricks of illusion, or magical illusion, and the apparent workings and effects of such acts have often been referred to as "magic" and particularly as magic tricks. One of the earliest known books to explain magic secrets, The Discoverie of Witchcraft, was published in 1584. It was created by Reginald Scot to stop people from ...

  3. Card manipulation - Wikipedia

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    Illusions performed with playing cards are constructed using basic card manipulation techniques (or sleights).It is the intention of the performer that such sleights are performed in a manner which is undetectable to the audience—however, that result takes practice and a thorough understanding of method. [11]

  4. Thaumatrope - Wikipedia

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    Babbage held the coin in front of a mirror, but Herschel showed how both sides were visible when the coin was spun on the table. A few days later Fitton brought Babbage a new illustration of the principle, consisting of a round disc of card suspended between two pieces of sewing silk. This disc had a parrot on one side and a cage at the other side.

  5. Glossary of magic (illusion) - Wikipedia

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    Ambitious Card Routine – A common trick where a card seemingly rises to the top of the deck. Also called ACR. Also called ACR. Angles – the lines of vision of people sitting at certain position in the audience which enable a secret to be spotted* usually extreme left or right or behind.

  6. List of magic tricks - Wikipedia

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    Business card production wallet [3] ITR (invented by James George) [4] Surya's Device Pro (invented by Surya Kumar and James George) [5] Thumb tip; Victorian ring box or Lippincott Box is used for storing small items such as coins that have been marked by a participant in an illusion and later appear inside the locked box

  7. Close-up magic - Wikipedia

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    Coins and playing cards are the most commonly used objects, but any small item can be used such as dice, bottle caps, sugar cubes, sponge balls, pebbles, pens, and cups and balls. [3] A magician may use more than one kind of object in a single trick.

  8. Indian rope trick - Wikipedia

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    When a magician acts out the visible catch of an imaginary deck of cards thrown by a spectator, or throws a ball in the air where it vanishes, the appearance or disappearance really occurs at the location of the magician's hand, but to most spectators (two out of three in actual testing [55]) the magic appears to occur in mid-air. McKeague ...

  9. List of card manipulation techniques - Wikipedia

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    Bottom right: Mixing the cards allows for card trick preparation. Card manipulation is the branch of magical illusion that deals with creating effects using sleight of hand techniques involving playing cards. Card manipulation is often used to perform card tricks in magical performances, especially in close-up, parlor, and street magic.