The magician's own book, or The whole art of conjuring (1862)
Arnold, George, 1834-1865, Cahill, Frank · New York, Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 62
the paper. After cutting the paper in themanner described, place a dime in the center of one of thepieces at the place marked a, then fold it carefully over atthe crease on the side marked b, and also again at the sidemarked c. When you have done this turn down the endmarked d upon the center a,… … in the center of the other piece of paper, and fold it upexactly the same size and shape as the first piece. Whenyou have done this, gum the two parcels together at theback of the ends marked f, in Fig. 2, and the sides will beso even that both parcels will appear as one. You can thenopen the side…
Magic tricks
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