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  2. Indian rope trick - Wikipedia

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    He argued that Ibn Battuta did report a magic trick with a thong, and Jahangir with a chain, not a rope, and the tricks they described are different from the "classic" Indian rope trick. He said that the descriptions of the trick in Yule's editions (1870s) of Marco Polo's book are not in the body of the work, but in a footnote by Yule, and only ...

  3. Cut and restore rope trick - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of "The Cut String Restored" from the 1885 book Modern Magic showing how a second, smaller length of string can be presented as if it were part of the original larger piece [1] The cut and restore rope trick is a magic effect in which the performer cuts a piece of rope (usually tied into a knot) which then appears to be magically ...

  4. Sawing a woman in half - Wikipedia

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    Criss Angel performed a trick in which he appeared to pull a woman in half with his hands during an outdoor performance and half of her crawled away. [14] [15] The trick involved a woman with sacral agenesis and a contortionist. Magician and historian Ricky Jay has written that a version of this trick was previously performed by another ...

  5. Ishamuddin Khan - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] Similarly, Ishamudin learned his craft from his father, such as sleight of hand and disappearance tricks. [1] Although the Indian rope trick was believed to be a myth, Ishamudin spent years researching the trick, such as reading about the performance in the "Jahangir Nama" the autobiography of Jahangir the 17th century Indian ...

  6. List of magic tricks - Wikipedia

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    This article contains a list of magic tricks. In magic literature, tricks are often called effects. Based on published literature and marketed effects, there are millions of effects; a short performance routine by a single magician may contain dozens of such effects. Some students of magic strive to refer to effects using a proper name, and ...

  7. Levitation (illusion) - Wikipedia

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    Magician David Copperfield has performed an illusion in several magic shows since 1992 in which he appears to fly on stage for several minutes, while surrounded by audience members. During the trick, Copperfield flies acrobatically on the stage, performs a backflip in midair, and then has spinning hoops passed around him, supposedly to prove ...

  8. Rope trick - Wikipedia

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    Magic trick, any trick involving a rope Indian rope trick, a trick involving causing a rope to appear to levitate in the air and then climbing up it; Nylon rope trick, a demonstration of the chemical principles of step-growth polymerization; Rope trick effect, in physics, seen in photographs of nuclear explosions when there are ropes attached ...

  9. Predicament escape - Wikipedia

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    The cabinet escape is the classic escapology trick, where the magician is trapped in a cabinet and required to escape from it. Often, the magician can be bound in handcuffs, rope and sacks before being placed in the cabinet. A cabinet escape involves the audience seeing the person come out of the cabinet unassisted.

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