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    Clever Coin Tricks - Coin Tricks with Sleight of Hand or Apparatus
    Clever Coin Tricks - Coin Tricks with Sleight of Hand or Apparatus
    Clever Coin Tricks - Coin Tricks with Sleight of Hand or Apparatus
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    Clever Coin Tricks - Coin Tricks with Sleight of Hand or Apparatus

    By Anon Anon

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    This unusual book, containing an impressive variety of coin tricks, is sure to delight young and old alike. Its 57 pages contain a wealth of anecdote on a variety of tricks and stunts that are guaranteed to liven up your dinner party. Extensively illustrated with black and white explanatory drawings and diagrams. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateSep 6, 2016
    ISBN9781473353626
    Clever Coin Tricks - Coin Tricks with Sleight of Hand or Apparatus

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      Clever Coin Tricks - Coin Tricks with Sleight of Hand or Apparatus - Anon Anon

      Clever Coin Tricks

      Coin Tricks with

      Sleight of Hand or

      Apparatus

      Copyright © 2013 Read Books Ltd.

      This book is copyright and may not be

      reproduced or copied in any way without

      the express permission of the publisher in writing

      British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the

      British Library

      Magic Tricks

      Magic is a performing art that entertains audiences by staging tricks, or creating illusions of a seemingly impossible, or supernatural nature – utilising natural means. These feats are called magic tricks, effects, or illusions. Some performers may also be referred to by names reflecting the type of magical effects they present, such as prestidigitators (sleight of hand), conjurors (purportedly invoking deities or spirits), hypnotists (involving individuals mental states), mentalists (demonstrating highly evolved mental abilities) or escape artists (the art of escaping from restraints or traps). The term ‘magic’ is etymologically derived from the Greek word mageia. Greeks and Persians had been at war for centuries and the Persian priests, called magosh in Persian, came to be known as magoi in Greek; a term which eventually referred to any foreign, unorthodox or illegitimate ritual practice.

      Performances which modern observers would recognize as conjuring have probably been practiced throughout history. But for much of magic’s history, magicians have been associated with the devil and the occult. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, many performers capitalised on this notion in their advertisements and shows. In the UK, this association dates back to Reginald Scott’s The Discoverie of Witchcraft, published in 1584, in which he attempted to show that witches did not exist, by exposing how many (apparently miraculous) feats of magic were done. The book is often deemed the first textbook about conjuring, but all obtainable copies were burned on the accession of James I in 1603, and those remaining are now very rare. For many centuries, magic was performed either on the street as a type of entertainment for the common masses or at court, for nobility. During the early 1800s however, large-scale magic performances began making their way onto the theatre stage. Modern entertainment magic owes much to Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (1805–1871), originally a clockmaker, who opened a magic theatre in Paris in the 1840s. His speciality was the construction of mechanical automata which appeared to move and act as if they were alive; a feat which wowed his audiences for many years.

      The escapologist and magician, Harry Houdini took his stage name from Robert-Houdin and developed a range of stage magic tricks, many of them based on what became known after his death as ‘escapology’. Houdini was genuinely skilled in techniques such as lock picking and escaping straitjackets, but also made full use of the range of conjuring techniques, including fake equipment and collusion with individuals in the audience. In the modern day, these forms of magic easily transferred from theatrical venues to television specials; a transition which has opened up myriad new opportunities for deceptions. It has also brought stage magic to vast audiences, as most television magicians perform before a live audience, who provide the remote viewer with a reassurance that the illusions are not obtained with post-production visual effects. Some modern illusionists believe that it is unethical to give a performance that claims to be anything other than a clever and skilful deception. Most of these performers therefore eschew the term ‘magician’ (which they view as making a claim to

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