61. Special Collections maskelyne, Jasper White Magic. maskelyne, nevil Devant, David - Our MagicThe Art In Magic The Theory of Magic. maskelyne, J. nevil - Sharps and Flats. http://www.whitchurch-library.on.ca/Special Collections.htm

Art Latcham Magic Collection is a special collection of 375 rare magic books and magazines. Abbott's Trouble - Wit Adams, Peter - The Wizard's Magic Book Adams, W. H. Davenport - Dwellers on the Threshold Ainslie, Arthur - Water Wizardry: Magical Experiments with liquids Albetus - Entertaining (Alexander, C.) - The Life and Mysteries of the Celebrated Dr. "Q" Annemann, Ted - Annemann's Card Magic Annemann, Theodore - Annemann's Practical Mental Effects The Art of Modern Conjuring Artix - The Art of Thought Transference Baffel, Will - Easy Conjuring without Apparatus Bagshawe, Edward - Exclusive Problems in Magic Bagshawe, Edward - The Le Walke Mysteries Bagshawe, Edward - More Magical Mysteries Bagshawe, Edward - Twenty Magical Novelties Baker, Al. - all Baker's Book One Baker, Al. - Al Baker's Book Two Baker, Al. - Al Baker's Pet Secrets Banks, G. Linneus - Blondin: His Life and Performances Barlow, Fred - Mental Prodigies Barron, John N. - Your Book of Magic Benham, Gurney - Playing Cards Bertram, Charles - Isn't it Wonderful? (2 volumes) Bishop, Washington, Irving - Mind Reading or Muscle Reading

62. Astronomers M maskelyne, nevil (17321811) - the fifth Astronomer Royal of England whoattempted to view the 1761 transit of Venus from the island of St. http://www.pa.msu.edu/people/horvatin/Astronomers/astronomers_m.htm

Marius, Simon (1573-1624) - German astronomer who claimed to have spotted the Galilean moons of Jupiter prior to Galileo, a fact which has never been proven. He is credited with giving the four satellites their current names, and he is the first person to record the presence of the Andromeda Galaxy. Maskelyne, Nevil (1732-1811) - the fifth Astronomer Royal of England who attempted to view the 1761 transit of Venus from the island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic. He also was the first person to determine the mass and mean density of the earth. Maunder, Edward Walter (1851-1928) - English astronomer who while studying the history of sunspots discovered a period from 1645 to 1715 in which there appeared a lack of sunspots. This has been since called the "Maunder minimum". Maury, Antonia C. - Harvard astronomer who in studied the spectra of stars. Beginning in 1897 she categorized the different spectra of stars of the same color. She narrowed the classification sequences then in use.

63. Scientists: Physical Sciences Leverrier, Urbain Jean Joseph; Lockyer, Sir Joseph Norman; Lowell, Percival;maskelyne, nevil; Mayer, Johan Tobias; Mitchell, Maria; Newcomb http://www.factmonster.com/spot/scibio6.html

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64. 1Up Info > Maskelyne, Nevil (Astronomy, Biographies) - Encyclopedia You are here 1Up Info Encyclopedia Astronomy, Biographies maskelyne,nevil, 1Up Info A Portal with a Difference. maskelyne, nevil. http://www.1upinfo.com/encyclopedia/M/Maskelyn.html

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66. Horological Books L - R - Jeffrey Formby Antiques G244, maskelyne (nevil) A Portrait of nevil maskelyne A portrait of the AstronomerRoyal and member of the board of Longitude at the time of John Harrison's http://www.formby-clocks.co.uk/L-R.htm

Out of Print and Second Hand Horological Books for Sale: Authors L - R Last updated: 14 March 2003 No. Author, Title and Description Price L'AMOUR DE L'ART.: La Mesure du Temps 168 pages, illus., 1948. This issue of the French publication L'Amour de l'Art is devoted to the measurement of time from early sundials to modern clocks and watches. Card covers as issued, now a little worn. LANDES (D.S.): Revolution in Time Clocks and the Making of the Modern World 482 pages, 1st edition, 1983. The original hardback edition with poor dj. LLOYD (H.A.): Chats on Old Clocks 186 pages, 74 plates, 1951. This is one of Lloyd's earlier books but is well worth reading. LLOYD (H.A.): Some Outstanding Clocks Over Seven Hundred Years 1250 - 1950 160 pages, 1st edition, 1958. A nice copy of a well respected book. With dj. The 1981 reprint, limited to 1000 copies, simulated suede binding. LLOYD (H.A.): The Collectors' Dictionary of Clocks 214 pages, 509 illus., 2nd impression, 1969. A good copy with dj.

67. Our Magic entier. nevil maskelyne David Devant publièrent Our Magic en 1911. Ce travail http://climagic.free.fr/climagic/article/ourmagic/ourmagic.htm

Our magic 'ai lu ce texte, il y a de cela quelques années déjà, et il me semble qu'il s'agit de l'un des textes théoriques les plus importants sur l'art de la magie (peut-être avec Magie et Mise en scène de Henning Nelms et Strong Magic de Darwin Ortiz) . Ce livre doit être étudié par toute personne qui se dit un tant soit peu magicien. Il s'agit (à ma connaissance) du premier ouvrage théorique sur l'art de la magie. Bien que la forme soit un peu vieillotte, il reste étonnamment d'actualité. Loin de moi l'idée de faire une traduction "littéraire" et littérale de cet ouvrage (j'en serai d'ailleurs bien incapable). J'ai simplement essayé de le traduire de la manière la plus efficace possible, en tentant de simplifier dans la mesure du possible, les tournures de phrases, souvent alambiquées de l'anglais du début du XX ème siècle. J'ai pris la liberté de supprimer quelques passages lorsqu'ils m'ont semblé obsolètes. Un grand merci à Michael Pillevesse pour sa patience lors de sa relecture systématique de ma traduction, ses corrections et son aide.

68. Petite Chronologie Magique Succinte Et Incomplète Translate this page 1863, Naissance de nevil maskelyne (†1924), fils et partenaire de scène de Johnnevil maskelyne, il est l'auteur, avec David Devant de l'ouvrage Our Magic. http://climagic.free.fr/climagic/article/a002/art039.htm

Petite chronologie magique succincte et incomplète Guillaume Singer Comme l'indique le titre, cette liste de date est loin d'être exhaustive. J'ai essayé d'énumérer les dates importantes et les magiciens qui ont marqués leur époque pour une raison ou pour une autre. J'essaierai de compléter lors des prochaines mise à jour.... Si vous avez des faits et des dates marquantes, envoyez-les moi. Le moine franciscain Roger Bacon (alias professeur Mirabilis) décrit succinctement les tours des magiciens et explique qu'il s'agit d'amusements inoffensifs. L'anglais Reginald Scot publie "The discoveries of the witchraft" qui analyse pour la première fois les tours des magiciens et qui tente de réfuter toutes les superstitions y attenant. Publication en Angleterre de "The art of Conjuring" Publication en Angleterre de "The art of Juggling, or legerdemain" écrit par Samuel Rid. Publication en Angleterre de "The anatomy of legerdemain : The art of Juggling", par un certain Hocus Pocus. C'est véritablement le premier écrit qui explique comme faire les tours décrits. Publication des "Récréations mathématiques et physiques"

69. British Astronomer Royal - Holders Of The Post And Title. Notable achievements and timelines of Flamsteed, Halley, Bradley, Bliss, maskelyne, Pond, Airy, Christie, Category Science Astronomy History People...... Royal at the Royal Greenwich Observatory Holders of the post John Flamsteed,Edmond Halley, James Bradley, Nathaniel Bliss, nevil maskelyne, John Pond http://members.tripod.com/~UpSky2/ARs.html

Holders of the post of British Astronomer Royal Timelines for Flamsteed, Halley T , Bradley, Bliss, Nevil Maskelyne T 1675 through 1971 Name ( lifespan ) Began term Aims 1. John Flamsteed (1646-1719). 1675: Accurate astrometric tables/data for navigation Notable achievements: Flamsteed catalog of ~3K stars. 2. Edmond Halley (1656-1742). 1720: Several... Notable achievements: Many , but which were as A.R. Timeline for Edmond Halley: 1673: entered Queen's College, Oxford. 1676: completed studies at Oxford University. 1678: elected fellow of the Royal Society; Star catalog, equivalent to Flamsteed's, but for southern skies, of 341 stars, observed from St. Helena. ( - more soon! - ) 3. James Bradley (1693-1762). 1742: ? Notable achievements: Discovered aberration of star light c. 1729... 4. Nathaniel Bliss (1700-1764). 1762: (-very brief term as A.R.) Notable achievements: - ? - 5. Nevil Maskelyne (1732-1811). 1765: Determining longitude on ocean voyages

70. Harrison.HTM An English astronomer named nevil maskelyne had perfected a very complexmethod of determining longitude based on observations of the moon. http://www.oldnewspublishing.com/harrison.htm

OLD NEWS Return to Old News home page English Government Awards Prize to Clockmaker by Paul Chrastina John Harrison's interest in clocks and watches originated during his childhood. According to tradition, Harrison survived a life-threatening bout of smallpox comforted by the steady ticking of a pocket watch that had been placed by his bedside. As a teenager growing up near the English port town of Hull, Harrison began to design and build clocks for the wealthy merchants of the town. In 1714, when he was twenty-one years old, Harrison heard that a grand prize of 20,000 pounds sterling was being offered by the British Parliament for a solution to the problem of determining a ship's longitude at sea. A Board of Longitude had been appointed to study the problem and to award the prize to anybody who solved it. Accurate measurment of a ship's longitude, or position to the east or west of a given point on the globe, was considered by many sailors to be an unsolvable problem in navigation. In the two centuries that European nations had been regularly sending ships across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World, many had been lost or stranded far from their original destinations because their captains were unable to determine their exact location while crossing the open ocean. Although many methods had been proposed to solve this serious navigational problem, only two seemed to hold out any promise of a solution.

71. Magia E Illusionismo - Guida Di SuperEva Translate this page Scarica gratis il software per giocare nei più rinomati Casinò. TornaindietroMagia e illusionismo. nevil maskelyne L'ARTE NELLA MAGIA. http://guide.supereva.it/magia_e_illusionismo/interventi/2002/08/116299.shtml

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72. Jasper Maskelyne Brief overview of achievements.Category Arts Performing Arts maskelyne, Jasper...... The grandson of John nevil maskelyne, one of the founding fathers of Britishmagic, maskelyne was a celebrated stage magician before the war. http://www.cometamagico.com.ar/maskelyne2.htm

COMETA MÁGICO If you can't view left menu click Here Jasper Maskelyne Jasper Maskelyne, was born in 1902 in England, a music hall conjurer, never fired a shot in battle, but his amazing feats played a key role in the Allied victory in Africa. Among his many triumphs, Maskelyne “hid” the Suez Canal and conjured up illusions of armies and battleships, fooling German forces led by General Erwin Rommel into retreat. The grandson of John Nevil Maskelyne, one of the founding fathers of British magic, Maskelyne was a celebrated stage magician before the war. Convinced he could use his skills to help the army, Maskelyne wooed sceptical officials by creating the illusion of a German warship floating down the Thames using mirrors and a model. He was placed in charge of the Royal Engineers Camouflage Corps and sent to Egypt where he performed some genuine mission impossibles. Asked to prevent the Germans from bombing Alexandria Harbour, the conjurer redirected the bombers by recreating the harbour’s exact lighting pattern three miles away. He “vanished” the Suez Canal by building a series of spinning strobe lights to put pilots off their bearings. Maskelyne’s greatest triumph came in 1942 when he successfully convinced Rommel that the British Eighth Army was in the south of the Egyptian desert and that the Alamein attack would begin there rather than in the north. Although praised privately by Churchill and hunted by Hitler, Maskelyne ended his days in relative obscurity as a farmer in Kenya and died in 1973.

73. Jasper Maskelyne Translate this page Jasper maskelyne nació en Inglaterra en 1902, en una familia de magos, nieto deJohn nevil maskelyne, uno de los padres de la magia británica, fue famoso no http://www.cometamagico.com.ar/maskelyne.htm

Jasper Maskelyne Jasper Maskelyne nació en Inglaterra en 1902, en una familia de magos, nieto de John Nevil Maskelyne, uno de los padres de la magia británica, fue famoso no solo por su arte sino por el empleo de esta durante la guerra. Deslumbró al público y fue un héroe sin disparar un solo tiro en la guerra. Jasper Maskelyne, ese gran artista, entre sus aventuras se recuerda el engaño a los nazis, que jugó un papel importante en la victoria aliada en África. Entre las proezas de Maskelyne podemos mencionar que "escondió" el Canal de Suez y conjuró a los ataques de ejércitos y acorazados, engañando a las fuerzas alemanas comandadas por el legendario General Erwin Rommel poniéndolo en retirada. Maskelyne era un mago famoso antes de la guerra, convencido de que podría usar sus habilidades para ayudar al ejército, Maskelyne cortejó a los oficiales escépticos creando la ilusión de un buque de guerra alemán que flota abajo el Thames, usando espejos y un modelo. Fue puesto a cargo del Cuerpo Real de Ingenieros del Camuflaje y enviado a Egipto donde realizó la misión imposible de impedir a los alemanes que bombardearan el Puerto de Alejandría. El mago tuvo la ocurrencia de crear una réplica exacta del puerto a 3 millas, con lo cual derivó a los bombarderos alemanes a descargar sus bombas lejos del objetivo. Hizo "desaparecer" el Canal de Suez construyendo una serie de luces estroboscópicas o de hilado para poner a pilotos fuera de sus rumbos. Pero tal vez su hazaña mas recordada fue en 1942 cuando engaño al Mariscal Rommel sobre la verdadera posición del Octavo Ejercito Británico, en el sur del desierto egipcio y no por donde realmente atacaría para triunfar. Aunque alabado privadamente por Churchill y cazado por Hitler, Maskelyne acabó sus días en oscuridad relativa como un granjero en Kenya pasando a la inmortalidad en 1973.

74. John Culme's Footlight Notes - Press Clippings Of The Week - Katie Lawrence At T and 40). * * * *. John nevil maskelyne of maskelyne Cook, EgyptianHall, Piccadilly, London, 1883. ‘There is infinite http://www.gabrielleray.150m.com/ArchivePressText/20021005.html

An American Beauty , a musical comedy at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, 1900 - Week ending 5 October 2002 Press Clippings for the week ending Saturday, 5 October 2002 A random selection of cuttings from newspapers and magazines Katie Lawrence at the start of her career, 1883 Katie Lawrence (photo: Lowrie’s Portraits, Liverpool, circa 1883) Entr’acte , London, Saturday, 30 June 1883, p.14b) Sam Collins’s music hall, London. ‘We must not forget to mention that Miss Maud Manfred and Miss Katie Lawrence agreeably exercise their various talent during the evening.’ The Entr’acte , London, Saturday, 28 July 1883, p.11a) Middlesex music hall, London. ‘Miss Katie Lawrence only needs increased experience to bring her hosts of friends. It is evident that she has been under a good tutor.’ The Entr’acte , London, Saturday, 24 November 1883, p.6b) ‘Jolly Katie Lawrence Specially engaged to play principal girl in Pantomime Sketch, YORK MUSIC HALL, Southampton, Christmas.’ The Entr’acte , London, Saturday, 15 December 1883, p.14c) ‘In the later part of the [eighteen] ’nineties [John L.] Graydon [of the Middlesex music hall] was having them all through his hands - Katie Laurence [sic], still celebrated for [singing Harry Dacre’s] "Daisy Bell" [1892], that song which Vesta Tilley declared to be the best music-hall number she heard in the course of her sixty-year career. Certainly Katie knew exactly how to play up to it all; she drove around from hall to hall in a hansom cab which fairly jangled. Everybody turned to see what the noise was, to exclaim: "Why, it’s Katie Laurence!"

75. MASOLINO DA PANICALE also DRAMA. maskelyne, nevil (I732—I8II), English astronomerroyal,was born in London on the 6th of October 1732. Thi. solar eclipse http://54.1911encyclopedia.org/M/MA/MASOLINO_DA_PANICALE.htm

document.write(""); MASOLINO DA PANICALE on the 1st of August, and Lady Masham then retired into private life. She died on the 6th of December 1734. Lady Masham was by no means the vulgar, ill-educated person she was represented to have been by her defeated rival, the duchess of Marlborough; her extant letters, showing not a little refinement of literary style, prove the reverse. Swift, with whom both she and her husband were intimate, describes Lady Masham as “a person of a plain sound understanding, of great truth and sincerity, without the least mixture of falsehood or disguise.” The barony of Masham became extinct when Lady Masham’s son, Samuel, the 2nd baron, died in June 1776. AUTH0RITIE5—Gilbert Burnet, History of My Own Time, vol. vi. (2nd ed., 6 vols., Oxford, 1833); F. W. Wyon, History of Great Britain during the Reign of Queen Anne (2 vols., London, 1876); Earl Stanhope, History of England, coin prising the Reign of Queen Anne until the Peace of Utrecht (London, 1870), and History of England from the Peace of Utrecht, vol. i. (7 vols., London, 1836—1854); Justin McCarthy, The Reign of Queen Anne (2 vols, London, 1902); An A ccount of the Conduct of the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough from first coming to Court to 1710, edited by Nathaniel Hooke, with an anonymous reply entitled A Review of a Late Treatise (London, 1842); Private Correspondence of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough (2 vols., London, 1838); Letters of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough (London, i875); Mrs Arthur Colville, Duchess Sarah (London, 1904). Numerous references to Lady Masham will also be found scattered through Swift’s Works (2nd ed., 19 vols., Edinburgh, 1824).

76. Maskelyne Crater maskelyne Crater. 2.2 N 30.1 E This crater which is 23 miles wide was named forthe British astronmer nevil maskelyne. maskelyne lived from 1732 until 1811. http://ahynes1.homeip.net:8000/moon/maskelyn.htm

Maskelyne Crater 2.2 N 30.1 E This crater which is 23 miles wide was named for the British astronmer Nevil Maskelyne. Maskelyne lived from 1732 until 1811. NorthEast 66 miles to Wallach Crater or SouthEast 69 miles to Censorinus Crater (The preferred route back) or West 97 miles to Armstrong Crater or NorthNorthEast 121 miles to Mare Tranquilitatis or South 132 Miles to Torricelli Crater (The preferred route forward) or return to The Main Page Please explore these pages and send any comments to Aldon Hynes

77. Science Timeline Martin, Archer John Porter, 1944. Marx, Karl, 1810, 1867. maskelyne, nevil, 1766.Masters, Colin, 1986. Matteucci, Carlo, 1838. Matthaei, Heinrich, J. 1961. http://www.sciencetimeline.net/siteindex_m.htm

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78. The Royal Observatory Greenwich--I N D E X atmosphere of; satellites of. maskelyne, nevil, fifth AstronomerRoyal; practical work of; Astronomer Royal; his work; his publications; http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/bookman/library/ROG/BIG.HTM

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79. In The July 1996 Issue Of The Little Egypt Gazette, Which I by nevil maskelyne and David Devant. The eldest was JN maskelyne (the JNstands for John nevil, but he went by his initials in magic circles). http://littleegyptmagic.com/ourmag.htm

The Little Egypt Gazette presents: In the July 1996 issue of The Little Egypt Gazette , which I naively thought would be the final issue of this journal, I included an article entitled "Mr. Parrish and Company." The piece was an appreciation of four books that significantly influenced me as a child and which, for better or worse, led me down this magical path so many of you have also chosen. The books were New Ways to Mystify and For Magicians Only , by Robert Parrish; Magic Made Easy , a soft-covered pulp how-to book by Carl March (a pseudonym for Sid Fleischman); and Magic for All , by magician/cartoonist Bob Dunn. For the sake of brevity, I omitted two other influential books from that article Our Magic , by Maskelyne and Devant (which I assumed all magicians to be familiar with), and an introductory tome, Everybody's Book of Magic , by Will Dexter. As both these books are of British origin, and because they gave me, at a young age, a particularly British view of the overall world of magic, now is a fitting time in which to consider their merits, and especially to bring them to the attention of any reader who has yet to encounter them. by Nevil Maskelyne and David Devant My home town library's edition of Our Magic looked (still looks, actually, as I now own it) more like a magic book than any other book I've ever seen. Its cover is a rich brown cloth, and, although the binding has been replaced with a stock library binding, replete with the Dewey decimal 793.8, the cover still clearly conveys the image of a Merlinesque figure holding a steaming bowl of something, with bats fluttering about his head. The three principal sections of the book, "The Art in Magic," "The Theory of Magic," and "The Practice of Magic," are prominently displayed along with the authors' names, Nevil Maskelyne and David Devant. (Maskelyne wrote the first two sections, Devant the last.) It's a surprisingly heavy book for its size, no doubt because of the weight of the 505 glossy pages within.

80. The Theater Of Wonder Fitzkee, Dariel, Showmanship For Magicians, (Magic Limited) 1945.maskelyne, nevil, and Devant, David, Our Magic. (Fleming) 1946. http://www.tudormagic.com/articles/the_theater_of_wonder.htm

The Theater of Wonder by John Tudor An examination of the history and theory of the magic play, fusing magic and drama. Winner of Best Article Award Definition In its simplest sense the Magic Play is a production that transcends Drama and Magic in that it combines the two worlds in convincing fashion. The successful magic play is considered a rare or even high form of the art in the magic world, while the addition of magical elements to a stage play are common. In general there are three types of magic plays, which were first identified in reference to Les Miracles de Notre Dame (Roman Catholic mystery plays that featured magical/miracle effects in the thirteenth century.) The three types of plays are: (1) those in which the miracle (magic) is the climax to the plot, in which the playwright has built his tale towards the final wonder; (2) those in which the miracle (magic), while necessary to resolving the plot, tends to be overshadowed by the secular (non magic) material.

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