The magician's own book, or The whole art of conjuring (1862)
Arnold, George, 1834-1865, Cahill, Frank · New York, Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 322
865 It is obvious to remark that the hand of many an amateurartist will readly be able to form the oval without havingrecourse to the pierced card ; but as this portion of ourwork is intended for all, we have suggested the above modeas sure to succeed under every circumstance. Following the same… … The dotted lines (Jigs. 7, 8) represent the traced orsketched square and plan lines ; the firmer lines suggestobjects formed upon that figure. In the same way the thinsquare outline {Jig. 9) suggests the inner sketch of achurch. I stated before that the size of the fundamental oval orsquare made…
Magic tricks
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