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He published the "Jack Hughes' News-Letter" starting in 1949, which later became "[[Hughes' News]]".<ref>Linking Ring, March 1982</ref>
He published the "Jack Hughes' News-Letter" starting in 1949, which later became "[[Hughes' News]]".<ref>Linking Ring, March 1982</ref>


== Inventions ==
== Inventions ==
[[File:Copentro.jpg|thumb|left|200px| Hughes' '''"Visible Coins in Glass"'''<br>(now known as '''"Copenetro"''')]]
[[File:Copentro.jpg|thumb|left|180px| Hughes' '''"Visible Coins in Glass"'''<br>(now known as '''"Copenetro"''')]]


* The Giant and the Dwarf (circa 1950)
* The Giant and the Dwarf (circa 1950)

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Jack Hughes

Cover of Genii (1978)
Born1906
Exeter, England
Died1981
Known forMagic Apparatus & Inventions

Jack Hughes (1906-1981) was a cabinet maker, magician, inventor and magic dealer.

Biography

He was renowned for his magical apparatus and inventions. Hughes made wooden props for Will Goldston and Davenports Magic Shop.

Hughes was co-founder and owner, with Harry Stanley and Arthur Dowler, of the Unique Magic Studio in the 1940s. He later owned the "Maker of Magic" and "House of Hughes" in London.

He published the "Jack Hughes' News-Letter" starting in 1949, which later became "Hughes' News".[1]


Inventions

Hughes' "Visible Coins in Glass"
(now known as "Copenetro")
  • The Giant and the Dwarf (circa 1950)
  • Cats and Chickens
  • Pro-Van Cabinet
  • Run Bonzo Run
  • Dove Carousel
  • Clatter Box (circa 1963)
  • Clatter Table, AttaBoy (circa 1939)
  • Cuban Release
  • Dippy Duck
  • Neck Spiker
  • Copenetro (1939)


Books

  • Jack Hugues World of Magic, Vol. 1, 2, 3 written by Derek Lever

References

  1. Linking Ring, March 1982