Effect
Rapid Mental Transference
Harlan Tarbell · The Tarbell Course, 1926
- Time
- 8 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.
Performer shows a card, an envelope, and a pencil. He gives card and pencil to a spectator with request to write any number between one and a million. Card is then sealed into envelope. Spectator is asked to concentrate on his number. Performer takes pencil and in a moment writes spectator's number, digit by digit, on the envelope. Card is then removed from envelope and the two numbers shown to check.
How it is done
The method, 6 drawings and all it needs, inside the library.
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