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To Balance a Coffee Cup
The articles necessary for the performance of this trick are very simple, a dinner-fork and an ordinary sized cork being all that are needed. Fix the cork firmly in the handle of the fork, then stick the fork into it so that two prongs shall be on each side of the cup handle, and slope the fork in such a way that its handle will come under the bottom of the cup. The heaviest weight being thus brought underneath, you can hold the cup on the point of a knife, if you very carefully find the exact place on which it will balance.
As the surface of the cup is usually glazed, the hand which holds the knife must not tremble, or the cup will slip off. You may also obtain the same result by using two knives instead of a fork. We trace the word magic to the Latin word magi. However, there are accounts of magicians from all over the ancient world. For instance, one account comes from an Egyptian papyrus, of a magician in pharaoh’s court. This papyrus is nearly 4,000 years old. Magic has been a part of human history since ancient times.
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Magic Tricks
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Balancing Spoon
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Bridge of Knives
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Chinese Shadows
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Coin Trick
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Dancing Egg
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Dancing Pea
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Find an Object While Blindfolded
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Force of a Water Drop
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Hand Shadows
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Living Shadows
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Magic Thread
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Man With His Head the Wrong Way
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Mysterious Ball
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Obstinate Cork
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Revolving Pins
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Shadows
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Swimming Needles
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The Sentinel Egg
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The Wonderful Pendulum
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Think of a Number
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To Balance a Coffee Cup
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To Guess Two Ends of a Line of Dominoes
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To Light a Snowball with a Match
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Vanishing Dime
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