Ralph W. Hull

Ralph W. Hull
Born	July 05, 1883 Crooksville, Ohio
Died	May 20, 1943 (age 59)
Categories	Books by Ralph W. Hull

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

Hull was a performer at Coney Island as the Chautauqua and 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

• Pop-eyed Popper Deck
• Cosmic Ray Cards
• Mental Discernment (1930)
• Delirium Tremens Deck (1934)
• Nudist Deck (or Mental Photography Deck) (1934)
• Krazy Kards (1935)
• Double Blank Card Trick (1940)

Books

• Eye-Openers (1932)
• More Eye-Openers (1933)
• Modernism in Pasteboard (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)
• Hull's The Complete Eye Openers (2005) by Paul Gordon & Natzler Enterprises

References

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• Magic Circular Jan/Feb 1943
• Discussion of the Ralph Hull's Tuned Deck
• Explaining the 'Magic' of Consciousness
• Chautauqua & Lyceum Magicians
• R.W. Hull on Propelled Pasteboards - The Throwing Card Blog