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Magic with Billiard Balls - Sneaky Sleight of Hand to Snooker Your Friends Senses
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This unusual book, containing an impressive variety of magic tricks using billiard balls, is sure to delight young and old alike and is the perfect introduction to magic of this type. Its 41 pages contain a wealth of anecdote on a variety of tricks and stunts that are guaranteed to liven up your dinner party. Thoroughly recommended reading for the budding magician. Extensively illustrated with black and white drawings and explanatory diagrams. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.
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Magic with Billiard Balls - Sneaky Sleight of Hand to Snooker Your Friends Senses - Anon
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MAGIC WITH BILLIARD BALLS
Billiard Ball Manipulation
Sleight of hand with billiard balls is one of the most fascinating branches of magic. There are indeed very few billiard ball tricks that do not require skill. For this reason we must consider the art of billiard ball manipulation from the standpoint of skill acquired only by study and constant practice. We shall start with the simplest of sleights and go gradually to the more complicated manipulations.
You can make billiard balls appear and vanish in the most mysterious manner. You can have them change their color, increase their diameter, multiply in number, and diminish in size until they disappear completely. There are almost no limits to the beautiful and puzzling effects that are possible. The combinations that offer themselves to the capable and original artist are endless.
The Kind of Billiard Balls to Use
Real billiard balls are made of ivory or heavy composition. They are not used by magicians. Dropping a real billiard ball on your foot would be a serious occupational hazard.
Magic billiard balls are made of light wood, and are painted with a soft finish that help them stick to the palm. Avoid celluloid or highly varnished balls. They are liable to slip out of the hand. A ball with too much gloss can be rubbed to a soft finish with powdered pumice stone or a mixture composed of alcohol and laundry cleaner. A rubdown with magician’s wax is effective.
The size of the ball should vary according to the performer’s hand. A ball an inch and a half in diameter is about right for the beginner. Dealers sell an excellent golf ball
set, including a metal shell. These are ideal. They are made of sponge rubber, and seem to stick to the fingers. For practice any light spongy, rubber ball is suitable. Magic dealers also list wooden balls, an inch and a half or an inch and three-quarters in diameter, beautifully finished, in various colors.
How to Palm a Ball
It is easier to palm a ball than a coin. The curved surface gives your hand a better grip (Fig. 54). Carry a small ball in your pocket. Practice palming, and the art of using the hands while holding a palmed ball. Try writing a letter with a small ball palmed in your hand. Develop skill in palming with either hand, because in billiard ball magic, you must be able to use either hand equally well. You should have little trouble in learning to palm a small ball of any diameter. It will help if you sensitize your palms by rubbing them with the edge of a coin.
FIGURE 54
FIGURE 55
Passes With Balls
The French Drop
described in the chapter on coins is an excellent pass with billiard balls. Remember that a hand supposed to be holding a
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