Magical Patents Contents

I. STAGE ILLUSIONS AND DEVICES

1. AMUSEMENT ILLUSIONS
Joseph Arthur, Elevator Ilusion
Amariah Lake, Haunted Swing
Amariah Lake, Seesaw Building
Erastus De Moulin, Knife Throwing Illusion

2. DISMEMBERMENT ILLUSIONS
James C. Withington, Decapitation Illusion
William Hanlon, Beheading Block and Ax
William Hanlon, Dismembering Apparatus
Horace Goldin, Sawing in Half
Edward M. Massey, Circular Dismemberment

3. LEVITATIONS
Dawson F. Turner, Gymnastic Theatrical Levitation
Ernst H. J. (“Hartwig”) Seeman, Suspension
Clyde H. Newman and William Berrigan, Walking Upside Down
Robert J. Cutler, Theatrical Flying
Will B. Wood, Levitation
Will B. Wood, Levitation Corset
Carl E. Nilsson, Aerial Dancing
William B. B. Neale, Aerial Dancing
Ernest Howard, Floating Piano
George A. O. Conquest, Theatrical Flying
John J. Duffie, Burlesque Hanging
Victor Waid, Walking Upside Down
Richard B. Smith, Automobile Levitation
Charles T. Bradshaw, Floating Miniature Cannon Ball Display
Horace Goldin, Levitation
John J. Williams, Aerial Gymnastics
Frank L. Brzinsky and John E. De Gette, Floating Piano
Ernest F. George, Walking Upside Down
Israel M. Weingarden and Asa Cummings, Flying Eagle
Patrick B. Kelly, Aerial Gymnastics
John E. Nicholson, Levitation over Audience
Cliff Berzac, Equestrian Suspension
Menlo E. Moore, Theatrical Levitation
David G. Kindleberger, Theatrical Levitation
John B. Fitzpatrick, Walking Inside Cylinder
John W. Frakes, Vacuum Inverted Walking
George T. Thompson, Floating Piano
Erich Rach, Theatrical Levitation
Myron Orton, Theatrical Levitation
Katherine D. Gostin, Theatrical Levitation
Frank A. Beard, Illusionary Stage
Howard Thurston, Asrah
Gordon Bathke, Floating Accordion

4. MINIATURIZATION ILLUSIONS
Charles F. Ritchel, Miniaturization Peep Show
James G. Bostock, Miniaturization Illusion
Linville H. Quinn, Miniaturization Display

5. MIRROR-BASED ILLUSIONS
Thomas W. Tobin, Vivisection
John F. Blake, Three-Headed Woman
Gustav Castan, Amphitrite
Charles Morritt, Mirror Illusion
Marie L. Fuller, Multiple Dancer Effect
Evander B. Newcomb, Mirror House Toy
Charles T. Bradshaw and O. M. Thomson, Vanish and Appearance Box
Bartolomeo Purpura, Appearing Woman
Rubin J. Denny, Theatrical Appearance
Charles J. Rehlin, Multiplying Image Mirrors
Carl J. F. Ohlsson, Disembodied Arm Cabinet
Robert H. Goldstein, Multiplying Image Mirrors
Ebenezer B. Hurford, Vanish and Appearance Cabinet
Louis Phillips, Disembodied Head
Ida Mahoney, Kaleidoscopic Display
Oscar M. Thomson, Illusory Advertising Box
William H. Chandlee, Illusion Cabinet
Ernst Pfannekuchen, Vanish and Appearance Cabinet

6. PEPPER'S GHOST AND OPTICAL EFFECTS
Charles W. and Olive McGlennen, Ghost Illusion
John Henry Pepper and James J. Walker, Blue Room
John W. Sherman, Theatrical Transformations
Albert Bailey Carrington, Optical Illusion Cabinet
John W. Sherman, Theatrical Transformations
Marcus C. Hopkins, Optical Illusion Apparatus
Arthur J. DeBarry, Advertising Illusions
John S. Fax, Illusion Toy
Frank C. Perkins, Optical Illusion Box
Moritz Lewin, Film Projection Illusion
Alexander Wayrich, Theatrical Transformations
Alexander Wayrich, Exhibition Device
Gus Rogées and Nicholas E. Polytes, Theatrical Transformations
Louis E. Hammond, Theatrical Transformations
Linville H. Quinn, Advertising Cabinet
Harry M. Goodhue, Aerial Picture Apparatus
Fred Polland, Exhibition Apparatus
William H. Chandlee, Transformation Illusion
Herbert M. Dawlee, Stage Vision Apparatus
Paul Herbst, Magic Tank
Frank La Barber, Illusionary Display Apparatus
Sydney Charles Gill, Illusionary Display Device
Sydney Charles Gill, Illusionary Display Device
Sydney Charles Gill, Illusionary Display Device
Francisco Suarez de Deza, Optical Illusion Apparatus
Francis Maclean Smith, Illusionary Optical Method
Herbert S. White, Vanish and Appearance Box

7. PERPETUAL FLOW ILLUSIONS
Henry C. Roemer and Charles M. Kimball, Flowing Keg Illusion
James A. Rotherham, Endless Popcorn Popper
Hans Kempinski, Flowing Bottle Display
William C. Sanford, Flowing Keg Display
Charles C. Nichols, Flowing Bottle Display
Arthur J. Thowless, Flowing Keg Display
Leonard T. Sintzel, Flowing Juicer Display
Earl A. Brown, Flowing Bottle Display
Eugen Haberfeld, Liquid Illusion
Charles W. Saalburg, Flowing Bottle Display

8. PRODUCTIONS, VANISHES, AND TRANSPOSITIONS
Joseph Buatier (Buatier De Kolta), Vanishing Cage and Person
William Hanlon, Chair Vanish
Carl Rosenfeld, Glass Box Appearance
Carl Rosenfeld, Glass Box Appearance
Chavalier Ernest Thorn and T. Nelson Downs, Vanishing Lady Table
Carl Rosenfeld, Magical Blackboard
Horace Goldin, Scales Illusion
Horace Goldin, Nested Trunks Illusion
Horace Goldin, Cannon Illusion
The Great Lafayette, Lion Cage
Ascander K. Massaad, Production Cabinet
William Hanlon, Production Box
William J. Burke, Torpedo Car Transposition
Frederick W. Golby and John S. Patterson, Lion Cage Improvement
Horace Goldin, Lion Cage
Frank T. Cortese, Production Cabinet
Howard Thurston, Spirit Cabinet
Richard W. Tully, Transposition Apparatus
Richard W. Tully, Transposition Set
Harry R. Law, Vanity Bag Production
Leon Levy (The Great Leon), Cannon Illusion
Howard Thurston and Harry Jansen (Dante), Four Person Vanish Cabinet
Fergus Greenwood, Million Dollar Mystery
Lottie M. Warfield, Disappearing Water Ballet

9. MISCELLANEOUS ILLUSIONS
George F. De Grasse, Blackboard Illusion
Charles P. Price, Speaking Dummy Illusion
John Lipinski, Underwater Illusion
Edwin Schubert, Learned Dog Illusion
Theodore P. Brunner, Rope Escape
Ridgie B. McCutcheon, Electrical Control Illusion
Walter B. Spohn, Living Movie Illusions


II. APPARATUS
1. SMALL PROPS
1. Card Tricks
George W. Walter, Changing Card
William I. Davidson, Gimmicked Deck
Sherwood B. Blodgett, Card Rise
Carl F. Brehmer (Carl Brema), Card Box
William H. Tucker, Electric Deck

2. Coin Tricks
Samuel E. Clark, Gimmicked Coin Box
Ross Armstrong, Coin Transformation Box
Julius Baer, Vanishing Coin Glass
James R. Armstrong, Coin Transformation Box
Timothy W. McGrath, Vanishing Coin Toy
Fred J. Robinson, Vanishing Coin Block
Kishisaburo Hashimoto, Coin Fan
August C. Raisner, Coin Vanish Box
Mont Davis, Jr., Penta-Penny

3. Cord Effects
H. C. Ketcham, Cord Penetration Blocks
John Mauro, Color Changing Cord Pillars
Francis D. Brinton, Color Changing Cord Block
Harold T. Turner, Color-Changing Cord Block
Richard B. Sturgeon, Cord Penetration Blocks

4. Drawer Boxes
Peter McGurk, Drawer Box
George Kracker, Trick Cigar Box
George Albrecht, Trick Cigarette Box
Frank L. Rouse, Trick Cigar Box
Frank L. Rouse, Trick Case
Victor G. Wickberg, Trick Cigar Case
Joseph Erdey, Trick Cigarette Case

5. Fans
Charles D. Pierce, Breakaway Fan
Carl F. Brehmer (Carl Brema), Breakaway Fan

6. Hat
Felix Alva, Production Hat

7. Knives
Walter Thomas, Trick Sword
John E. Banner, Stage Dagger
Theodore B. Schimpff, Trick Knife

8. Liquid
William J. Ake, Trick Cup

9. Money Makers
Alois Miklas, Money Maker
William Horrocks, Money Maker
Frank L. Oleson, Money Maker
Ford M. Clapp, Magic Painting Advertising Device
Fred R. Densmore, Money Maker
Schuyler Reynolds and U. F. Grant. Money Maker

10. Toys
Moritz H. Boninger, Decapitation Toy
E. Loyd Enochs, Rabbit in Hat Toy

2. VARIOUS MAGIC APPARATUS
William C. Farnum, Obedient Ball
Albert A. Outerbridge, Obedient Ball
Morris Rosenzweig, Picture Appearance and Vanish
Nelson P. Lithander, Rising Pencil
Theodore Hummel, Trick Snuff Box
John A. Petrie, Cigarette Vanisher
Robert C. McNeill, Trick Nail
Jacob J. Reitz, Falling Rings Novelty
Andrew P. Anderson, Toppling Egg Puzzle
Roy H. Sherman, Pocket Figure Rise
John B. Zanath, Paddle Trick
William R. Groger, Vanishing Box
Charles Doering, Penetration Novelty
Clyde R. Powell, Thread Control
Ludwig Krug, Penetration Frame
Walter I. Le Fevre, Production Box
Edward M. Massey, Triangular Magic Box
Harry Dobrin, Trick Slate
John W. Petrie, Vanishing Wand
Harry G. Sundheim, Divination Box
John W. Petrie, Flower Growth
Kenneth S. Franke, Divination Rods
John W. Petrie, Reel
Joe Karson, Zombie
Merville A. Taylor, Production Cage
Schuyler Reynolds and U. F. Grant, Dial-X
Greer M. Maréchal, Magic Grinder
Greer M. Maréchal, Magic Tube
Edward O. Drane, Spirit Hand
Gerald C. Chouinard, Nail Through Tongue
William Brown, Rising Snake
Charles Kalla, Boomerangs Effect

III. MAGICIANS’ NON-MAGIC PATENTS
Hanlon Brothers, Velocipede
Hanlon Brothers, Velocipede
William Hanlon, Theatrical Boat Scenery
George W. Hanlon, Jr., Giant Soap Bubble
Howard Thurston, Life-Saving Device
John A. Petrie, Sand Pencil
Joseph Freud (Joseffy) Parachute
Howard Thurston, Miniature Racetrack
Joseph Freud (Joseffy), Focusing Device
Joseph Freud (Joseffy), Focusing Hood for Cameras
Joseph Freud (Joseffy), Cleaner
John A. Petrie, Sand Wheel Toy
Joseph Freud (Joseffy), Conveying Mechanism
George W. Hanlon, Jr., Transparent Star
George W. Hanlon, Jr., Giant Jewel
Harry Houdini, Diver’s Suit
Howard Thurston and Loyd Scruggs, Nostril Expander
Joseph Freud (Joseffy), Cigar Lighter
Joseph Freud (Joseffy), Motor-Operated Mechanism
James B. Wobensmith, Cryptographic Device
Joseph Freud (Joseffy), Combined Food and Beverage Serve
Harry Houdini, Design for a Figure Toy