Match Ic by Martin Gardner

Description

A collection of impromptu tricks and stunts involving matches. To save space and to avoid trivial details, the descriptions have been made as brief as possible and all finer points of presentation and patter have been left to the ingenuity of the reader.

The main categories are wooden matches, paper matches, tricks & jokes & catches, and puzzles.

WOODEN MATCHESMagnetized MatchesEscapoStriking En PassantMatch Box MonteMatch And HandkerchiefAnother MethodStill Another MethodAnd Still AnotherElectric MatchInvisible HairBlowing Through The SleevesVanishing PennyFly Apart MatchesOdd And EvenTramps And GeeseWhich Hand?Penetrating MatchesThree HeapsThree Match HeadsMatch That Lights TwiceMusical ForkAcrobatic BoxMatches Through The TableMysterious MarkContrary Match Box

PAPER MATCHES

Light From The Wrong EndSmoke From NowhereFolder And StringReappearing MatchesDivinationParlor Mind ReadingOne To TenRemovable HeadsMentalists Only

TRICKS, JOKES, CATCHES

Blowing Through A TumblerIron MatchLighted Match From BoxSmash ItMatch MunitionNo LightHumming MatchStrength TesterBurned FingersWalking MatchVanishing MatchesPop UpMatch Head SubmarinesProlonged KissLight For TwoRoly Poly BoxKiddie KarTrick CigarRising Match BoxAutomatic LightOversizeStriking Safety Matches Without The BoxCover ChangeChin Penetration

PUZZLES

Perfect SquareEquationStarWhat HappensDrop ItCrossesMatch, Tumblers, And Salt ShakerLinked HandsPuzzle LiftPuzzle SplitThree Match PuzzleEasy When You Know1st edtion 1935; 29 pages
word count: 7219 which is equivalent to 28 standard pages of text