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• The Ring in Nest of Boxes dates back to 1751?
• The Aquarius Tube and Ribbons was first described by Claude Chandler in 1914?
• The Rising Card Effect first appeared in print in 1626?
• The Sympathetic Silks trick was invented by Edward Victor?
• The Black Art Principle was originated by Max Auzinger of Bavaria, perhaps better known as Ben Ali Bey, who died in 1928 at the age of 87?
• Spring Flowers were invented by Buatier de Kolta?
• The Vent Talking Hand was first performed in 1796?
• A Cigarette Act was first presented in Paris by the Spanish magician, Franz-Klint, in 1916?
• With the exception of a short description of the Pass and the Force by Guyot in 1769, Henri Decremps (1746—1826) was the first writer in any language to explain the basic card sleights?
• The Sliding Die Box was invented by Alex Davis, an Englishman, who first performed it in the U.S.A. about 1886. The Rights were sold to Otto Mauer, a New York Dealer, who advertised it in 1897?
• Bill Stickland published a method for the now popular Balloon Penetration effect nearly 40 years ago?
• The 20th Century Silks effect was first performed by David Devant, and his method later explained in Hoffmann's ' Later Magic' (1904)?
• The Wild Card was invented by Peter Kane of Manchester, and shown by him months before it was ' invented' and marketed in the U.S.A.?
• David Devant invented the Dyed Handkerchief Through Paper Tube and first presented the trick in 1893?
• Mystic Craig was using rope magnets during the last war, long before their present popularity?
• The ' modern' Vanishing Cane made of spring steel, was described in the July 1899 issue of Mahatma?
• The Appearing Cane was derived from a collapsible cane used in France by gentlemen attending