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Abbott's encyclopedia of rope tricks (1900)

James, Stewart · Colon, Mich. : Abbott's Magic Novelty Co. · leaf 40

An illustration from Abbott's encyclopedia of rope tricks, 1900, leaf 40
ds se¬ cretly pronounced is all it would take. (Here you hold the rope in left hand and right hand runs right down over the knot and it seems to melt right away just as before.) Wonderful what magic will do isn’t it?” You will find this to be very effective. JOHN BRAUN COMBINATION KNOT In effect,… … through as in Figure 38 and 39. Pull the knots tight, and you have what seems to be a hopeless tangle. While spectators hold the ends of the rope, you magically dis¬ solve the knots, and the rope is untangled again! Fol¬ low the illustrations carefully. The various positions are as the hands appear…

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