The Public Paperfolding History Project
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Big Coin Through Small Hole Magic Trick | |||||||
This
page attempts to record what is known about the origin
and history of the Big Coin Through Small Hole Magic
Trick which depends on paperfolding. Please contact me if
you know any of this information is incorrect or if you
have any other information that should be added. Thank
you. ********** 1893 This effect was published in L'Illustration 2571 of 4th June 1892 and subsequently included in Volume 3 of 'La Science Amusante' by Tom Tit (real name Arthur Good), which was published in 1893. ********** The effect also appears: 1918 In 'Ciencia Recreativa' by Jose Estralella, which was published by Gustavo Gili in Barcelona in 1918.
********** 1932 In 'Winter Nights Entertainments' by R M Abraham, which was first published by Constable and Constable in London in 1932, under the title of 'Camel Through The Eye Of A Needle'. ********** |
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