Effect

The Number Routine

Harlan Tarbell · The Tarbell Course, 1926

Time: 5 min read + 10 min practice
Materials: In the library
Prerequisites: None

Take care. Working with these objects and effects is inherently dangerous; anyone who attempts them does so at their own risk. Anybody under 18 is advised to undertake them only with a parent's permission and supervision.

1, 11, 5, 20, 37, 27, 44, 29, 35, 50, 33, 43, 58, 41, 26, 9, 3, 13, 23, 8, 14, 4, 10, 25, 19, 2, 17, 34, 49, 59, 53, 47, 64, 54, 60, 45, 28, 38, 21, 36, 30, 15, 32, 22, 7, 24, 39, 56, 62, 52, 42, 57, 51, 61, 55, 40, 46, 63, 48, 31, 16, 6, 12, 18,-Then after 18, comes the number 1 to make the 64th move.

Regardless of what number you start with, you continue from that number in the order of the routine given here -- then you go back to number 1 and continue through the routine until you reach the number you started with. For instance, if you start with 50 -- you move to 33, then 43, and so on through 18, then back to 1 and through 35 to 50 again.

How it is done

The method, 1 drawing and all it needs, inside the library.

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