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H. Boaz. The Juggler's Oracle; or, The Whole Art of Legerdemain Laid Open
The Juggler's Oracle; or, The Whole Art of Legerdemain Laid Open
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THE. JUGGLER’S ORACLE
LEGERDEMAIN, OR SLEIGHT-OF-HAND,
The Operator
To deliver Four Aces, and to convert them into Knaves
TRICKS WITH CARDS
Method of making the Pass
The Card of Divination
Another Way
The Four Confederate Cards
The Fifteen Thousand Livres
The Magic Ring
The Card in the Mirror
The Marvellous Vase
The Nerve Trick
To make the Constable catch the Knave
To change a Card into a King or Queen
To tell a Person what Card he took Notice of
To tell what Card is at the Bottom, when the Pack is shuffled
Another Way, not having seen the Cards
To tell, without Confederacy, what Card one thinks of
To make a Card jump out of the Pack, and run on the Table
To tell a Card, and to convey the Same into a Nut, or Cherry-Stone
To let Twenty Gentlemen draw Twenty Cards, and to make one Card every Man’s Card
To transform the Four Kings into Aces, and afterwards to render them all Blank Cards
To name all the Cards in the Pack, and yet never see them
To show any one what Card he takes Notice of
To tell the Number of Spots on the Bottom Cards, laid down in several Heaps
To make any two Cards come together which may be named
Card nailed to the Wall by a Pistol-shot
To tell what Card one thinks on
Another Way to tell what Card is noted
To make a Card jump out of an Egg
The Little Sportsman
CUPS AND BALLS
To pass the Balls through the Cups
A still more Extraordinary Mode of Playing at Cups and Balls
CONVEYANCE OF MONEY, &c
To convey Money from one Hand to the Other
To convert Money into Counters, and the Reverse
To put a Sixpence into each Hand, and, with Words, bring them together
To put a Sixpence into a Stranger’s Hand, and another into your own, and to convey both into the Stranger’s Hand with Words
To show the same Feat otherwise
To throw a Piece of Money away, and find it again
To make a Sixpence leap out of a Pot or to run along a Table
To make a Sixpence sink through a Table, and to vanish out of a Handkerchief
To know if a Coin be a Head or Woman, and the Party to stand in another Room
To command Seven Halfpence through the Table
To command a Sixpence out of a Box
To blow a Sixpence out of another Man’s Hand
To make a Ring shift from one Hand to another, and to make it go on whatever Finger is required, while Somebody holds both Arms
To Transfer a Counter into a Silver Groat
To make a Silver Twopence be plain in the Palm of your Hand, and be passed from thence wherever you like
To convey a Sixpence out of the Hand of one that holds it fast
To convey a Shilling from one Hand into another, holding your Hands apart
To transform any small Thing into any other Form, by holding of Paper
Another Trick of the same Nature
A Watch recovered after being beaten to Pieces in a Mortar
TRICKS WITH BOXES, &c
The Egg-Box
The Penetrative Guinea
The Chest which opens at Command
The Melting-Box
Trick upon the Globe-Box
Trick with the Funnel
The Magical Bell and Bushel
Out of an Empty Bag to bring upwards of an Hundred Eggs; and, afterwards, a living Fowl
Bonus Genius; or, Hiccius Doctius
To make a Knife leap out of a Pot
To turn a Box of Bird-seed into a living Bird
EXPERIMENTS WITH FIRE
To produce a Carmine Red Flame
An Orange-coloured Flame
To make Balloons with Soap and Water that catch Fire and detonate
A Brilliant Blue Flame
An Emerald Green Flame
Loud Detonations, like the Discharge of Artillery
A Well of Fire
To make a Room seem all on Fire
To walk on a hot Iron Bar, without Danger of Burning
To Eat Fire, and blow it up in your Mouth with a Pair of Bellows
To Light a Candle by a Glass of Water
Fulminating Powder
To set fire to a Combustible Body by the Reflection of two concave Mirrors
To give the Faces of the Company the Appearance of Death
To dispose two little Figures, so that one shall light a Candle, and the other put it out
To construct a Lantern which will enable a Person to read by Night, at a great Distance
TRICKS WITH STRINGS, KNOTS, &c
To cut a Lace asunder in the Middle, and to make it whole again
To burn a Thread and make it Whole again with the Ashes
To pull many Yards of Ribbon out of the Mouth
To cut a Piece of Tape into four Parts, and make it Whole again with Words
To unloose a Knot upon a Handkerchief by Words
To draw a Cord through the Nose
To take three Button-Moulds off a String
OPTICAL ILLUSIONS
The Multiplying Mirror
The Magic-Lantern
The Phantascope
The Enchanted Mirrors
The Wonderful Phantoms
The Real Apparition
To draw a Deformed Figure, which will appear well proportioned from a certain Point of View
CHEMICAL CHANGES
To change the Colour of a Rose
To turn Water into Wine
Arbor Dianæ; or, the Silver Tree
The Lead Tree
The Tree of Mars
To form a Metallic Tree, in the Shape of a Fir
To make a Gold or Silver Tree, to serve as a Chimney Ornament
Sympathetic or Secret Inks
Preparation of Green Sympathetic Ink
Blue Sympathetic Ink
Yellow Sympathetic Ink
Purple Sympathetic Ink
Rose-coloured Sympathetic Ink
Application of the Secret Inks
A Drawing which alternately represents Winter and Summer Scenes
Demonstration of the various Strata of Earth which cover the Globe
To freeze Water in the Midst of Summer, without the Application of Ice
MISCELLANEOUS TRICKS AND EXPERIMENTS
To swallow a long Pudding made of Tin
An Artificial Spider
To pass a Ring through your Cheek
To cut a Hole in a Cloak, Scarf, or Handkerchief, and by Words to make it whole again
The Dancing Egg
To make Three Figures dance in a Glass
To shoot a Swallow, and to bring him to Life again
Singular Trick with a Fowl
To put a Lock upon a Man’s Mouth
To thrust a Bodkin into the Forehead, without Hurt
To thrust a Bodkin through your Tongue
To appear to cut your Arm off, without Hurt or Danger
Tricks with a Cat
To make a Calf’s Head bellow, when served up to Table
To make a Ball rise above the Water
Mode of sealing Letters, whereby an impression cannot be taken
The Enchanted Egg
To cut a Man’s Head off, and to put it into a Platter, a Yard from the Body
To cause Beer to be wrung out of the Handle of a Knife
To cut a Glass by Heat
