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'''Clock Trick''' is a classic plot in card magic in which the cards are displayed corresponding to a 12-hour face of a clock and a card is divined usually using a mathematical principle. | |||
== History == | |||
A version done with coins, or other objects, was found by [[Bill Kalush]] in Nicolas Chuquet's Triparty, written in 1484, but never published.<ref>{{cc|cards:clock_trick}}</ref> | |||
== Publications == | == Publications == | ||
* ''De plusieurs nombre par ordre commençant par l'unité et disposé en rond, deviner lequel on aura pensé'' in [[Problèmes plaisants et délectables qui se font par les nombres]] written by [[Claude-Gaspar Bachet]] (1612) | * ''De plusieurs nombre par ordre commençant par l'unité et disposé en rond, deviner lequel on aura pensé'' in [[Problèmes plaisants et délectables qui se font par les nombres]] written by [[Claude-Gaspar Bachet]] (1612) | ||
* "The Clock" in [[More Conjuring]] by [[Hercat]] (1912) | |||
* [[Encyclopedia of Card Tricks]] by [[Jean Hugard]] (1937) | * [[Encyclopedia of Card Tricks]] by [[Jean Hugard]] (1937) | ||
* [[On the Clock Effect]] by [[Jon Racherbaumer]] (1971) | * [[On the Clock Effect]] by [[Jon Racherbaumer]] (1971) | ||
* Numerous versions in [[The Lost Notebooks of John Northern Hilliard]] (2001) | * Numerous versions in [[The Lost Notebooks of John Northern Hilliard]] (2001) | ||
{{References}} | |||
* [http://www.conjuringarchive.com/show.php?cat=799 Clock Trick category in Denis Behr's "Conjuring Archive"] | |||
[[Category:Card Plots]] | [[Category:Card Plots]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:47, 15 August 2014
Clock Trick is a classic plot in card magic in which the cards are displayed corresponding to a 12-hour face of a clock and a card is divined usually using a mathematical principle.
History
A version done with coins, or other objects, was found by Bill Kalush in Nicolas Chuquet's Triparty, written in 1484, but never published.[1]
Publications
- De plusieurs nombre par ordre commençant par l'unité et disposé en rond, deviner lequel on aura pensé in Problèmes plaisants et délectables qui se font par les nombres written by Claude-Gaspar Bachet (1612)
- "The Clock" in More Conjuring by Hercat (1912)
- Encyclopedia of Card Tricks by Jean Hugard (1937)
- On the Clock Effect by Jon Racherbaumer (1971)
- Numerous versions in The Lost Notebooks of John Northern Hilliard (2001)
References
- ↑ Conjuring Credits' article on cards:clock_trick