In combination with a few other mechanics and good showmanship, entire routines can be made out of this single move.
The first recorded publishing of the double lift is in Richard Neve's book The Merry Companion[3] in 1776.
The double lift was next seen in print in the 19th century in Jean Nicholas Ponsin's Nouvelle Magie Blanche Dévoilée.
[5] The earliest reference to the double lift in the 20th century is in John Northern Hilliard's book Greater Magic.
In an interview in the 1982 small-time film The Wonder of Magic, Dai Vernon said that he "may be the creator" of the double turnover, but was not certain.