Sharps and Flats; a complete revelation of the Secrets of Cheating at Games of Chance and Skill (1894)
Maskelyne, John Nevil · Longmans, Green and Co. (London) · leaf 253
AND FLATS The box is next taken in the right hand, the fingers lying flat over the mouth of it, and the thumb holding it at the bottom. Fic. 51. Tn the act of closing the fingers of the right hand over the box, the die which has been retained is firmly pressed between the second finger and the… … The sharp, however, is particularly careful nv7 to raise his forefinger ; that is not ‘in the piece’at all. The
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