John Nevil Maskelyne
Today is the birthday of magician, producer and inventor John Nevil Maskelyne (1839-1917). Maskelyne caught the performing bug early. As a child he had taught himself plate-spinning after seeing the effect in a performance. As a young clockmakers apprentice, he devised his first illusion, a small box with a secret panel that allowed him to remove [...]
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