The Bookshelf for boys and girls Book of Wonders and Curious Things (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 89
THE COIN ANDTUMBLER. 74 TRICKS AND MAGIC zle his brain for some time before he can solveand successfully perform this truzzle. A second truzzle, very mysterious, is the magicspinning of a coin without evident impact. Thissounds impossible, and really appears to be so … THE SPINNER. when seen. The coin is held on edge by the firstfinger of the left hand, in the ordinary positionfor a snap spin. The right forefinger is now laidacross the left, and passed repeatedly fromknuckle to tip —to produce magnetism, you maysay to the onlookers, —and finally swept quicklyoff…
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