Conjuring Credits

The Origins of Wonder

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misc:chinese_rice_bowls [2013/03/11 16:55] seedmisc:chinese_rice_bowls [2017/06/28 16:58] – external edit 127.0.0.1
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-Though the trick is reported to be of oriental origin, Frank Ducrot is the inventor of the common method using a clear disk. He devised it around the turn of the twentieth century. Al Baker improved the method with a rubber cover. Alexander Herrmann invented the double-walled "Brahman Bowls". Since Herrmann died in 1896, it is not certain whether the Brahman Bowls preceded Ducrot's.+Though the trick is reported to be of oriental origin, Frank Ducrot is the inventor of the common method using a clear disk. He published his version in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/4437/Mahatma+Vol+04/78|Mahatma]]//, Vol. 4 No. 9, Mar. 1901, p. 454. Ducrot admits in the write-up that the basic trick already exists and is "ever popular.Al Baker improved the method with a rubber cover in his marketed, "Chinese Rice Bowls," 1933. Alexander Herrmann invented the double-walled "Brahman Bowls.
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