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-This classic pocket effect, in which a metal ball mysteriously sinks and rises in a metal tube with a smaller circumference than the ball, is believed to be the invention of János Bartl. Bartl marketed the trick as "Atlas, die mysteriöse Kugel" (Atlas, the Mysterious Ball), c. 1925. Bartl prominently featured the words "Neu!" (new!) and "János Bartl's Original" in his ad, claims he used sparingly. The first listing for the trick seems to be in a Bartl advertising sheet, //Magische Edelsteine//, posted in July 1925; see Peter Shuster's //[[https://askalexander.org/display/23232/Collection+Adolphe+Blind+Le+Professeur+Magicus/40|Collection Adolphe Blind "Le Professeur Magicus"]]//, 2007, item 59. The trick was mentioned among Bartl's new releases in //[[https://askalexander.org/display/37835/Linking+Ring/16|The Linking Ring]]//, Vol. 4 No. 1, 19, c. Jan. 1926, p. 18.+This classic pocket effect, in which a metal ball mysteriously sinks and rises in a metal tube with a smaller circumference than the ball, is believed to be the invention of János Bartl. Bartl marketed the trick as "Atlas, die mysteriöse Kugel" (Atlas, the Mysterious Ball), c. 1925 ([[http://www.conjuringcredits.com/lib/tpl/credits/files/atlas-instructions.pdf|instruction sheet]]). Bartl prominently featured the words "Neu!" (new!) and "János Bartl's Original" in [[http://www.conjuringcredits.com/lib/tpl/credits/files/atlas-ad.jpg|his ad]], claims he used sparingly. The first listing for the trick seems to be in a Bartl advertising sheet, //Magische Edelsteine//, posted in July 1925; see Peter Schuster's //[[https://askalexander.org/display/23232/Collection+Adolphe+Blind+Le+Professeur+Magicus/40|Collection Adolphe Blind "Le Professeur Magicus"]]//, 2007, item 59. The trick was mentioned among Bartl's new releases in //[[https://askalexander.org/display/37835/Linking+Ring/16|The Linking Ring]]//, Vol. 4 No. 1, c. Jan. 1926, p. 18.
  
 The next year, Bartl's trick was knocked off by the Princess Novelty Shop of Chicago, who called it "Squeeze"; see //[[https://askalexander.org/display/917/Billboard+select+articles+about+magic/274|The Billboard]]//, March 5, 1927, p. 42. Their claims went only as far as "Our Own Construction". The next year, Bartl's trick was knocked off by the Princess Novelty Shop of Chicago, who called it "Squeeze"; see //[[https://askalexander.org/display/917/Billboard+select+articles+about+magic/274|The Billboard]]//, March 5, 1927, p. 42. Their claims went only as far as "Our Own Construction".