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Thomas Tobin
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| Thomas Tobin | |
| Born | 1844 |
|---|---|
| Died | 1883 |
Thomas William Tobin (1844-1883) was a chemist, architectural apprentice and scientific lecturer at London's Polytechnic Institution that created and patented many illusions.
Illusions:
- Cabinet of Proteus, a forerunner of many box illusions was patented in 1865 with John Henry Pepper
- Sphinx Illusion in 1865 which Colonel Stodare presented.
- Oracle of Delphi in 1865 with Pepper.
- Palingenesia in 1872 which a spectator is dissected and then restored.