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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.
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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.
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== History ==
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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 ==
 
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* [[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)
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[[Category:Card Plots]]
 
[[Category:Card Plots]]

Revision as of 16:47, 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

References

  1. Conjuring Credits' article on cards:clock_trick}