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Boomerang Illusion
The optical illusion is credited to Professor Joseph Jastrow, a pioneering psychologist, who used it to illustrate optional illusions in 1891.
It's sold as part of many magic kits to children.
Publications
- Presented as an optical illusion in Simple Conjuring Tricks by Will Goldston (1913)
- A kind of bet in 200 More Tricks You Can Do by Howard Thurston as Which Is Larger? (1927)
Variations of the shape
- Noses
- Bananas
- Rainbows
- Fish
References
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Bibliography
Dayton, R. (1994). Fish Sticks. M-U-M, 83(September), 30–32.
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Freer, Winston . (n.d.). Boomerang Fish. In Freer’s exclusive mysteries. Miracle Factory.
Ginn, D. (2010). Baffling boomerangs. Magicana, 57, 10–13.
Gower, H. (1962). Magic mudguards. Abracadabra, 33, 4–6.
Kleefield, J. (2008). Boomerang Teach-In. Linking Ring, 88(5), 84–85.
Pecor, C. J. (2001). The boomerangs revisited. Linking Ring, 81(5), 108–109.
Price, D. (2000). Color changing boomerangs. M-U-M, 89(May), 36–38.