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November 4, 2013 12:00 pm PST
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A pioneering magician's retinawatercolor
In the history of magic, Jean Eugne Robert-Houdin (1805-1871) is considered the father of contemporary conjuring. (Indeed, Ehrich Weiss was so influenced by the master magician that he took the stage name of Houdini in his honor.) A lifelong maker, Robert-Houdin is credited in the late 1860s with inventing an optical device called an "iridoscope" to see details within the eye.Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/80AOkJawCBM/story01.htm
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