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[[Ralph W. Hull]]  (July 5, 1883- May 20, 1943) was a professional magician for a few years before going back to the family mercantile business in Ohio where he was born.
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[[Ralph W. Hull]]  (July 5, 1883 - May 20, 1943), born in Crooksville, Ohio was a professional magician, author and inventor of a number of commercial effects.
  
He is best know for the mechanical decks he developed using his [[rough and smooth]] principle.  
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== Biography ==
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Ralph W. Hull was a performer at Coney Island as the Chautauqua & Lyceum headliner.
  
John Northern Hilliard's Greater Magic has a chapter, "The Tuned Deck", devoted to Hull.
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He was also involved in his family business, Hull Pottery manufacturing company, in Ohio.
  
== Decks ==
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He is best know for the mechanical decks he developed using his [[Rough and Smooth]] principle.  [[John Northern Hilliard]]'s [[Greater Magic]] has a chapter devoted to Hull, "The Tuned Deck".
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== Bibliography ==
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=== Marketed items ===
 
* [[Nudist Deck]]
 
* [[Nudist Deck]]
 
* [[Pop-eyed Popper Deck]]
 
* [[Pop-eyed Popper Deck]]
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* Krazy Kards
 
* Krazy Kards
  
== Books ==
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=== Books ===
 
* Eye-Openers (1932)
 
* Eye-Openers (1932)
 
* More Eye-Openers (1933)
 
* More Eye-Openers (1933)
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== References ==
 
== References ==
 
* Magic Circular Jan/Feb 1943
 
* Magic Circular Jan/Feb 1943
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*[http://paxarcana.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/brain-magic/ Discussion of the Ralph Hull's Tuned Deck]
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*[http://74.125.113.104/search?q=cache:ONagKmap-b8J:ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/papers/explainingmagic.pdf Explaining the 'Magic' of Consciousness]
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*[http://www.floraco.com/lyceum Chautauqua & Lyceum Magicians]
  
 
{{Wikipedia}}
 
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[[Category:Biographies|Hull]]
 
[[Category:Biographies|Hull]]

Revision as of 20:03, 9 October 2008

Ralph W. Hull (July 5, 1883 - May 20, 1943), born in Crooksville, Ohio was a professional magician, author and inventor of a number of commercial effects.

Biography

Ralph W. Hull was a performer at Coney Island as the Chautauqua & Lyceum headliner.

He was also involved in his family business, Hull Pottery manufacturing company, in Ohio.

He is best know for the mechanical decks he developed using his Rough and Smooth principle. John Northern Hilliard's Greater Magic has a chapter devoted to Hull, "The Tuned Deck".

Bibliography

Marketed items

Books

  • Eye-Openers (1932)
  • More Eye-Openers (1933)
  • Modernism in Pasteboards (with Nelson C. Hahne) (1934)
  • Smart Magic (with Nelson C. Hahne) (1935)
  • Fifteen Minutes With A Rope (1937)
  • The Testament of Ralph W. Hull by Trevor Hall (1945)

References

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