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Effect

Production of Stack of Four Bowls of Water

Harlan Tarbell · The Tarbell Course, 1926

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

This is very effective and puzzling. The bowls of water are produced in a stack and it seems hardly possible to handle them without spilling the contents.

Performer's assistant stands holding a cloth. Performer takes it from him, and after showing it freely, places it on the floor. Suddenly cloth is raised and a stack of four glass bowls filled with water and containing goldfish appears in view.

How it is done

The method, 22 drawings and all it needs, inside the library.

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