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You throw the deck on the table and the chosen card which is on top unbeknown to the spectators turns face-up thanks to air-pressure.
 
You throw the deck on the table and the chosen card which is on top unbeknown to the spectators turns face-up thanks to air-pressure.
  
The first description of this sleight appeared in "[[The Boy's Own Book]]" by William Clarke (1829).
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The first description of this sleight appeared in [[The Boy's Own Book]] by William Clarke ([[1829]]).
  
[[Le Testament de Jérôme Sharp]] (1793) has a trick where you control four selections to the top and basically do the air pressure turnover four times. The difference is you don't drop the pack, you jog the card over with the thumb and swipe your hand down so that the card flies off and lands face up on the table.
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[[Testament de Jérôme Sharp]] (1785) has a trick where you control four selections to the top and basically do the air pressure turnover four times. The difference is you don't drop the pack, you jog the card over with the thumb and swipe your hand down so that the card flies off and lands face up on the table.
  
 
== Variations and publications ==
 
== Variations and publications ==
* Turn-over, The Boy's Own Book page 396 (1829)
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* ''Turn-over'', page 396 in [[The Boy's Own Book]] (1829)
* Modern Magic  by Professor Hoffmann, p. 45 Various Modes of Disclosing a Discovered Card - Third Method (1876)
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* ''Various Modes of Disclosing a Discovered Card - Third Method'', page 45 in [[Modern Magic]] by [[Professor Hoffmann]] (1876)
* Edwin Sachs' Sleight-of-Hand, p. 101 To Cause a Card to Show itself on the Top of the Pack (1877)
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* ''To Cause a Card to Show itself on the Top of the Pack'', page 101 in [[Sleight of Hand]] By [[Edwin Sachs]]  (1877)
* August Roterberg's New Era Card Tricks (1897)
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* ''The Revolution'', page 43 in [[New Era Card Tricks]] By [[August Roterberg]] (1897)
* S. W. Erdnase's The Expert at the Card Table (The Revolution page 108 dover edition) (1902).
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* ''The Revolution'', page 108 in [[The Expert at the Card Table]] By [[S. W. Erdnase]] (Dover edition) (1902).
* Hofzinser's Card Conjuring (1910).
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* Explained in ''The Metamorphosis of the Flying Card'' in [[Hofzinser's Card Conjuring]] (1910).
* Stanyon's Magic Vol. 12, p. 94 (1912) The Revolution
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* ''The Revolution'', page 94 in [[Stanyon's Magic]], Vol. 12, no. 12, September, (1912)  
* The Book of Magic (Walter B. Gibson, 1927) p. 142 Card Discoveries (4)
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* ''Card Discoveries (4)'', page 142 in [[The Book of Secrets: Miracles Ancient and Modern]] By [[Walter Gibson]] (1927)
* 84 Card Tricks (Hugh Morris, 1936) p. 32 The Stubborn Card
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* ''The Stubborn Card'', page 32 in [[84 Card Tricks]] By [[Hugh Morris]] (1936)
* Basic Card Technique (Anthony Norman, 1948) p. 49 Aerial Turnover
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* ''Aerial Turnover'', page 49 in [[Basic Card Technique]] By [[Anthony Norman]] (1948)
* Card Conjuring (Wilfrid Jonson, 1950) p. 34 Think of A Number
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* ''Think of A Number'', page 34 in [[Conjuring]] By [[Wilfrid Jonson]] (1950)
 
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* ''Quinella'', page 874 in [[The Phoenix]], no. 219, December 29, 1950 by [[Harry Lorayne]], reprinted in [[Close-Up Card Magic]] (1962)
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*''A "Sure-Fire" Turnover'', page 86 in [[The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard]] (1980)
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==

Latest revision as of 17:35, 6 April 2012

Air-Pressure or Revolution Turnover is a classic way to reveal a chosen card.

You throw the deck on the table and the chosen card which is on top unbeknown to the spectators turns face-up thanks to air-pressure.

The first description of this sleight appeared in The Boy's Own Book by William Clarke (1829).

Testament de Jérôme Sharp (1785) has a trick where you control four selections to the top and basically do the air pressure turnover four times. The difference is you don't drop the pack, you jog the card over with the thumb and swipe your hand down so that the card flies off and lands face up on the table.

Variations and publications

References