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Nevil Maskelyne (1862-1924)
Nevil Maskelyne (1862-1924) was the eldest son of John Nevil Maskelyne. Co-authored Our Magic with David Devant. File contains biographical and bibliographic notes, press cuttings and facsimiles.
Nevil Maskelyne
Features a biographical sketch of the English astronomer Nevil Maskelyne (1732-1811), presented by the School of Mathematics and Statistics of the University of Saint Andrews in Scotland. Highlights an experiment conducted by Maskelyne for determining the earth's density from deviations of the plumb line.
An Account of Observations Made on the Mountain Schehallien for Finding Its Attraction. by the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne,
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Our Magic
Books like this contain what may be called the raw material of the art, the processes which the magician can employ at will in building up his larger experiments in magic, each of which should be a complete play in itself. Then, when the student has found out how tricks can be done, he would do well to turn his attention to Our Magic, by Mr. Maskelyne and his associate, Mr. David Devant. And from this logical treatise he can learn how experiments in magic ought to be composed. It is from this admirable discussion of the basic principles of modern magic that more than one of the points made in this paper have been borrowed. Mr. Devant calls attention to the fact that new tricks are common, ne...
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Papers of Nevil Maskelyne
Photocopies of papers relating to Nevil Maskelyne held in the Royal Greenwich Observatory Archive. RGO 4: includes lists of latitudes and longitudes of places in the East Indies, 1798-1807; letter from Baron de Zach relating to new discoveries between New Holland and Van Diemen's Land, 1802; observations of John Crosley made on the "Investigator", 1801-1803; diary of tasks sent to Crosley on behalf of the Nautical Almanac Office, 1791-1809; accounts by William Bligh of his observations of a solar eclipse and comet, Sydney, 1807; miscellaneous correspondence relating to scientific voyages of the "Investigator" and "Dolphin". RGO 35 (photocopies of material held in other archives): including letters from Maskelyne to Sir Joseph Banks, 1786 regarding instruments for astronomical observations and introducing a Mr Dawes; Board of Longitude papers concerned with the naming and charting of Australia, 1798-1800.
John Nevil Maskelyne (1839-1917)
British born John Nevil Maskelyne (1839-1917) got his start exposing the spiritism performance of the Davenport brothers. His performing partner was George Cooke. He opened the Egyptian Hall in London, a showplace for magic and illusion performances, which they operated until 1907. Here they completely transformed the art of conjuring into a dramatic performance of wizardry and an entirely new concept in the performing arts, which earned the place the title of 'England's Home of Mystery'. File contains biographical and bibliographic notes, press cuttings, theatre programs, facsimiles.
