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Effect

Chink-a-chink

Harlan Tarbell · The Tarbell Course, 1926

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

Performer places four small Chinese weights about a foot apart in a square. He covers one of the weights for an instant with one hand and places his other hand over an empty space a little farther away. Mysteriously the weight jumps from under Magician's hand to the space under his empty hand. This is done with each of the weights.

How it is done

The method, 11 drawings and all it needs, inside the library.

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