Rambling observations on books, history, movies, transit, obsolete technology, baseball, and anything else that crosses my mind.
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Famous Conjuror Dead -- August 4, 2013
An item from the 21-May-1917 Adelaide Register reports the death of John Nevil Maskelyne. Maskelyne and his partners, first George Cooke then David Devant, invented many standard illusions. Some sources say that Maskelyne also invented the pay toilet.
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