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Topic: Robert Houdin


  
  Jean Eugène Robert Houdin
Houdin, Jean Eugène Robert or Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (zhäN özhen' rōber'
Originally a clockmaker, he was celebrated for his optical illusions and mechanical devices and for his attributing his “magic” to natural instead of supernatural means.
Houdin was the first to use electromagnetism for his effects.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0824287.html   (83 words)

  
 Holdem Secrets - 600+ Poker Books Sorted by Author
DeArment, Robert K - 1982 - Knights of the Green Cloth - The Saga of the Frontier Gamblers, 432pp
Schenick, Robert Cummings - 1872 - Rules of Poker (ISBN: Note: US Minister to England, Rules created for summerhouse in Somersetshire, England.
A prominent duchess privately printed those rules for her court.
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 Special Collections   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Houdin, Robert - Miracle Mongers and Their Methods
Houdin, Robert - The Secrets of Stage Conjuring
Houdin, Robert - The Sharper Detected and Exposed
www.whitchurch-library.on.ca /Special%20Collections.htm   (1143 words)

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