41. JOHN NEVIL MASKELYNE & DAVID DEVANT JOHN nevil maskelyne DAVID DEVANT. John nevil maskelyne, a notorious escapismartist, began his career a short time after Robert Houdin´s death in 1871. http://www.terravista.pt/nazare/1194/neville2i.htm

John Nevil Maskelyne, a notorious escapism artist, began his career a short time after Robert Houdin´s death in 1871. Together with his spectacular escapism tricks, he perfected the levitation trick with apparently no outside helps. In 1893 he joined David Devant. In 1911 they published "Our Magic", a great consult book about the theory of magic. Maskelyne died in 1917, but Devant continued acting until a short time after his death in 1941 with 73 years.

42. JOHN NEVIL MASKELYNE & DAVID DEVANT nevil maskelyne, um notórioartista de escapismo, começou a sua carreira pouco antes http://www.terravista.pt/nazare/1194/neville2.htm

John Nevil Maskelyne, um notório artista de escapismo, começou a sua carreira pouco antes da morte de Robert Houdin em 1871. Juntamente com os seus espectaculares truques de escapismo, ele aperfeiçoou o truque da levitação aparentemente sem ajudas exteriores. Em 1893 ele juntou-se com David Devant. Em 1911 eles publicaram "A nossa magia", um grande livro de consulta sobre a teoria da magia. Maskelyne morreu em 1917, mas Devant continuou a actuar até pouco antes da sua morte em 1941 com 73 anos.

43. Nevil Maskelyne (1732-1811) nevil maskelyne (October 6, 1732 February 9, 1811). References KennethGlyn Jones, 1991. Messier s Nebulae and Star Clusters. 2nd http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/Bios/maskelyne.html

Nevil Maskelyne (October 6, 1732 - February 9, 1811) References Kenneth Glyn Jones , 1991. Messier's Nebulae and Star Clusters. 2nd ed, Cambridge University Press, p. 333. Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre [SEDS] [MAA] [Home] [History Home] ... smil@agleia.de

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45. Greenwich England: Nevil Maskelyne Rev. nevil maskelyne (1732—1811). A graduate of Trinity College Cambridge, nevilmaskelyne became assistant to the then Astronomer Royal, Bradley in 1757. http://greenwichengland.com/heritage/people/astronomers/maskelyne.htm

Need a new shirt? Thomas Pink Thomas Pink Looking for old friends? Search census records USA, UK, Europe, Canada Ancestry.com wwp GreenwichMeanTime.US GreenwichMeanTime.UK ... Search Phoning USA, Caribbean, Canada? Find the local time. Click here Nevil Maskelyne: Search Local Zone Global Greenwich Tourism ... More Rev. Nevil Maskelyne (1732—1811) Fifth Astronomer Royal (1765—1811) Born: 1732, London, England Died: 1811 Buried: St Mary the Virgin, Purton, Wiltshire Astronomer Royal: 1765 - 1811 A graduate of Trinity College Cambridge, Nevil Maskelyne became assistant to the then Astronomer Royal, Bradley in 1757. He was ordained in 1755 but never took a post in the Church. In 1761 he was sent by the Royal Society to the island of St Helena to observe the transit of Venus, with the aim of using this information to calculate the distance of the Earth from the Sun. Bad weather prevented any useful observations being made, however Maskelyne used his journey to develop a method of calculating longitude called the lunar distance method. A vested interest in an astronomical solution to the longitude problem could have been seen as a conflict of interests, but this did not stop the Board of Longitude sending Maskelyne to Barbados in 1763 to test Harrison 's No. 4 timekeeper.

46. Greenwich England: Astronomers Newton; James Bradley 174262, discoverer of optical aberration giving the firstdirect empirical evidence for the Copernican system; nevil maskelyne 1765-1811 http://greenwichengland.com/heritage/people/astronomers/

Need a new shirt? Thomas Pink Thomas Pink Looking for old friends? Search census records USA, UK, Europe, Canada Ancestry.com wwp GreenwichMeanTime.US GreenwichMeanTime.UK ... Search Phoning USA, Caribbean, Canada? Find the local time. Click here Astronomers: Search Local Zone Global Greenwich Tourism ... Martin Rees Greenwich Royal Astronomers Men with vision who have left their mark on history For the almost three centuries from the appointment of John Flamsteed in 1675 to the retirement of Richard Woolley in 1971, the office of Director of the Royal Observatory and the title Astronomer Royal were deemed inseparable (although just at the outset there had been slight variability in the title's wording). Flamsteed and his successors were all among Britain's most distinguished scientists. They included Edmond Halley , in office 1720-42, probably the greatest scientist of the generation after Newton James Bradley 1742-62, discoverer of optical aberration giving the first direct empirical evidence for the Copernican system; Nevil Maskelyne 1765-1811, who was the first scientist to weigh the Earth;

47. Scientific Identity: Portraits From The Dibner Library Of The History Of Science Scientific Identity Portraits from the Dibner Library of the Scientist maskelyne, nevil (1732 1811). Discipline(s) Astronomy. Portrait ofnevil maskelyne ~ Enlarge Image ~. Scientist maskelyne, nevil (1732 - 1811). http://web4.si.edu/sil/scientific-identity/by_name_display_results.cfm?scientist

48. Jasper Maskelyne The grandson of John nevil maskelyne, one of the founding fathers of Britishmagic, maskelyne was a celebrated stage magician before the war. http://www.cometamagico.com.ar/maskelyne2.htm

COMETA MÁGICO If you can't view left menu click Here Jasper Maskelyne Jasper Maskelyne, was born in 1902 in England, a music hall conjurer, never fired a shot in battle, but his amazing feats played a key role in the Allied victory in Africa. Among his many triumphs, Maskelyne “hid” the Suez Canal and conjured up illusions of armies and battleships, fooling German forces led by General Erwin Rommel into retreat. The grandson of John Nevil Maskelyne, one of the founding fathers of British magic, Maskelyne was a celebrated stage magician before the war. Convinced he could use his skills to help the army, Maskelyne wooed sceptical officials by creating the illusion of a German warship floating down the Thames using mirrors and a model. He was placed in charge of the Royal Engineers Camouflage Corps and sent to Egypt where he performed some genuine mission impossibles. Asked to prevent the Germans from bombing Alexandria Harbour, the conjurer redirected the bombers by recreating the harbour’s exact lighting pattern three miles away. He “vanished” the Suez Canal by building a series of spinning strobe lights to put pilots off their bearings. Maskelyne’s greatest triumph came in 1942 when he successfully convinced Rommel that the British Eighth Army was in the south of the Egyptian desert and that the Alamein attack would begin there rather than in the north. Although praised privately by Churchill and hunted by Hitler, Maskelyne ended his days in relative obscurity as a farmer in Kenya and died in 1973.

49. Jasper Maskelyne Translate this page Jasper maskelyne nació en Inglaterra en 1902, en una familia de magos, nieto deJohn nevil maskelyne, uno de los padres de la magia británica, fue famoso no http://www.cometamagico.com.ar/maskelyne.htm

Jasper Maskelyne Jasper Maskelyne nació en Inglaterra en 1902, en una familia de magos, nieto de John Nevil Maskelyne, uno de los padres de la magia británica, fue famoso no solo por su arte sino por el empleo de esta durante la guerra. Deslumbró al público y fue un héroe sin disparar un solo tiro en la guerra. Jasper Maskelyne, ese gran artista, entre sus aventuras se recuerda el engaño a los nazis, que jugó un papel importante en la victoria aliada en África. Entre las proezas de Maskelyne podemos mencionar que "escondió" el Canal de Suez y conjuró a los ataques de ejércitos y acorazados, engañando a las fuerzas alemanas comandadas por el legendario General Erwin Rommel poniéndolo en retirada. Maskelyne era un mago famoso antes de la guerra, convencido de que podría usar sus habilidades para ayudar al ejército, Maskelyne cortejó a los oficiales escépticos creando la ilusión de un buque de guerra alemán que flota abajo el Thames, usando espejos y un modelo. Fue puesto a cargo del Cuerpo Real de Ingenieros del Camuflaje y enviado a Egipto donde realizó la misión imposible de impedir a los alemanes que bombardearan el Puerto de Alejandría. El mago tuvo la ocurrencia de crear una réplica exacta del puerto a 3 millas, con lo cual derivó a los bombarderos alemanes a descargar sus bombas lejos del objetivo. Hizo "desaparecer" el Canal de Suez construyendo una serie de luces estroboscópicas o de hilado para poner a pilotos fuera de sus rumbos. Pero tal vez su hazaña mas recordada fue en 1942 cuando engaño al Mariscal Rommel sobre la verdadera posición del Octavo Ejercito Británico, en el sur del desierto egipcio y no por donde realmente atacaría para triunfar. Aunque alabado privadamente por Churchill y cazado por Hitler, Maskelyne acabó sus días en oscuridad relativa como un granjero en Kenya pasando a la inmortalidad en 1973.

50. The Great Astronomers - General Information About Some Astronomers M. Mastlin, Michael Marius, Simon maskelyne, nevil Maury, Antonia Caetana de PaivaPereira Mayer, Christian Mayer, Johann Tobias McCrae, John McCrea, William http://astroinfo.port5.com/

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51. Adventures In CyberSound: Maskelyne, John Nevil ADVENTURES in CYBERSOUND. John nevil maskelyne 1839 1917. Our Magic. by nevilmaskelyne and David Devant and reviewed in 1997 by Steve Bryant. Preface. http://www.acmi.net.au/AIC/MASKELYNE_BIO.html

A D V E N T U R E S in C Y B E R S O U N D John Nevil Maskelyne : 1839 - 1917 Maskelyne, Cooke and Devant John Nevil Maskelyne (1839-1917) was one of the greatest British magicians, particularly in the field of stage illusions created through sleight of hand. He trained as a watchmaker, which presumably gave him a thorough grounding in the art of precision, and first came to public attention in 1865 when he and his partner George A.Cooke exposed "American spiritualist mediums" the Davenport Brothers as frauds. Maskelyne and Cooke established their own theatre in 1873, and became famous for their shows which blended comedy, illusion and conjuring tricks (they billed themselves as 'Royal Illusionists and Anti-Spiritualists', making it clear that they were in the business of illusion rather than pseudo-religious fakery). They subsequently influenced countless magicians, including the young , who would adapt many of Maskelyne and Cooke's techniques in his own stage productions, and then further into the cinema. Cooke died in 1904, after which Maskelyne teamed up with the legendary magician

52. Who's Who Of Victorian Cinema (18391917). John nevil maskelyne. Born in Cheltenham on 22 December 1839, hewas a descendant of nevil maskelyne (1732-1811), the Astronomer Royal. http://www.victorian-cinema.net/maskelyne.htm

Introduction Who's Who Technical essay Bibliography ... Resources John Nevil Maskelyne British magician and illusionist Georges Méliès , who was vastly influenced by what he saw there. Some of the finest magicians of the day were among the performers, including David Devant , who was to introduce the new 'Living Photographs' as a regular feature. He managed to obtain a Theatrograph, one of the very first film projectors made by Robert Paul , introduced into the programme on 19 March 1896, two days before Paul himself gave his first commercial screenings at Olympia. Although Maskelyne was not at first enthusiastic about including films as an adjunct to magic acts, he nevetheless soon changed his mind and personally introduced each film from the stage. He also appeared in one of Paul's early films, Maskelyne: Spinning Plates (1896). Maskelyne himself became involved in cinematographic invention. He was a clever mechanic and many of the illusions used in the peformances were created by him and constructed in his own workshops. Ideas for a film projector designed on entirely new lines began to occupy him and his son, Nevil. They wondered if the irritating flicker produced by conventional machines could be overcome by employing a continuously running film rendered optically stationary. The invention was patented on 28 May 1896 and appeared at the Egyptian Hall as the Mutagraph, featuring in a striking early film poster. Devant and the Maskelynes made their own films, and as a result of experimenting with slow-motion cinematography Nevil (the son) was later enlisted by Britain's War Office to film artillery shells in flight for purposes of analysis.

53. Mason & Dixon - Thomas Pynchon maskelyne, nevil 17321811, astronomer royal, was the third son of Edmund maskelyneof Purton in Wiltshire, by his wife Elizabeth Booth, and was born in London http://www.hyperarts.com/pynchon/mason-dixon/extra/maskelyne_bio.html

Alpha Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ Biography of Nevil Maskelyne From the O.U.P. National Dictionary of Biography [Provided by Daniel O'Hara] Maskelyne, Nevil Nautical Almanac for 1767, the rule upon which it was founded having been already communicated to the Royal Society (Phil. Trans. liv. 265). Through Bradley's influence he was sent by the Royal Society to observe the transit of Venus of 6 June 1761, in the island of St. Helena. He proposed besides to determine the parallaxes of Sirius and the moon (ib. li. 889, lii. 21), but met disappointment everywhere. The transit was concealed by clouds; a defective mode of suspension rendered his zenith-sector practically useless (ib. liv. 348). An improvement on this point, however, which he was thus led to devise, was soon after universally adopted; and during a stay in the island of ten months he kept tidal records, and determined the altered rate of one of Shelton's clocks (ib. pp. 441, 586). On the voyage out and home he experimented in taking longitudes by lunar distances, and published on his return The British Mariner's Guide

54. JMT - Schiehallion And The Weight Of The Earth D Howse 1989 nevil maskelyne The Seaman s astromoner. GS Leadstone 1974 maskelyne sSchiehallion Experiment of 1774 in Physics Education (9) pp4528. http://www.jmt.org/cons/sch/sch_ref_maskel.html

JMT property reference pages Schiehallion and the weight of the earth Schiehallion viewed from the north-west, across Loch Rannoch, rises up as a perfectly conical hill. Schiehallion's symmetry earned it a place in scientific history and discovery in the late 18th century - proving gravity, and weighing the earth - and everyone who has ever used a map should thank Schiehallion for being the inspiration for contour lines! Read a summary below. The full story by Professor Ian S Hughes was in JMT Journal 29, Summer 2000. The 1774 experiments The Reverend Neville Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal, came up with a plan to prove that Newton's Law of Gravity holds for matter on the Earth as well as in the heavens. For this he needed a symmetrical mountain - Schiehallion appeared to be perfect. Maskelyne argued that if the earth was totally smooth, then a plumb line would point down towards the centre of the earth because of the force of gravity on the bob. But if there was a pimple on the earth's surface (a mountain) then gravity would pull the plumb line very slightly towards it. Over a period of four months, he and his colleagues camped out on Schiehallion - first on the south side then on the north - collecting data on the apparent altitude of the stars. If gravity did exist, then when Maskelyne was taking measurements on the south side of the hill, the plumb line should be deflected towards the north effectively decreasing the apparent altitude of the stars. The opposite should occur when he was on the north side of the hill. The difference between the two sets of readings would be the gravitational pull of the mountain.

55. AllRefer Encyclopedia - Nevil Maskelyne (Astronomy, Biographies) - Encyclopedia AllRefer.com reference and encyclopedia resource provides complete informationon nevil maskelyne, Astronomy, Biographies. Includes related research links. http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/M/Maskelyn.html

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56. Nevil Maskelyne (1732-1811), Astronomer Royal National Portrait Gallery, list of portraits for nevil maskelyne including Menof Science Living in 18078 (includes Sir Joseph Banks, Bt; Matthew Boulton http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp03004

57. NPG D14424; Nevil Maskelyne NPG D14424 nevil maskelyne by Page, published by G. Jones Date published1 May 1815 Medium colour stipple Measurements 6 3/8 in. x 4 1/2 in. http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?LinkID=mp63535&rNo=1&role=art

58. Nevil Maskelyne - L'arte Nella Magia E PRATICA DELLA PRESENTAZIONE MAGICA Prefazione di Tony Binarelli. http://www.florenceartedizioni.com/spettacolo/maskelyne.html

formato 16x24 cm pp. 128 ISBN Euro 26,00 NEVIL MASKELYNE L'ARTE NELLA MAGIA TEORIA E PRATICA DELLA PRESENTAZIONE MAGICA Prefazione di Tony Binarelli Ecco la versione italiana della prima parte di "Our magic": un'opera fondamentale per chi ama la prestigiazione. Scritta da uno degli illusionisti inglesi più celebri e stimati, oggi è considerata un classico: L'arte nella magia illustra come trasformare un qualsiasi gioco di prestigio in un vero effetto magico e come un semplice esecutore possa essere "artista". Questi alcuni dei temi trattati: L'autore riassume il suo pensiero in 24 principi fondamentali che consentono ad un artista di controllare e affascinare il proprio pubblico, di migliorare la propria capacità di presentazione e la propria presenza scenica. Se amate la prestigiazione, i giochi con le carte, la manipolazione o le grandi illusioni, questo libro non deve mancare nella vostra biblioteca! Indispensabile! Per principianti ed esperti. Traduzione: Francesco M. Mugnai

59. The Lake County Astronomical Society Index LCAS . Astronomy Bio . nevil maskelyne. Jay Bitterman.nevil maskelyne was born in London on October 6, 1732. http://www.bpccs.com/lcas/Articles/maskel.htm

Index LCAS Astronomy Bio Nevil Maskelyne Jay Bitterman Nevil Maskelyne was born in London on October 6, 1732. He was an influential British astronomer, physicist and, like so many others of his time, a priest. He was the founder of the Nautical Almanac and he became Astronomer Royal at age 32. In 1754 he received his bachelor's degree in divinity from Westminster School, Trinity College, Cambridge. Although ordained a year later he decided to become an assistant to James Bradley at the Greenwich Observatory. It was probably his early interest in solar eclipses that led Maskelyne into his career as an astronomer. In 1756 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society. In 1757 he was awarded his master's degree from Trinity College and elected a Fellow of the College. In 1760 he became the fifth Director of the Greenwich Observatory and Astronomer Royal and continued to carry out his clerical duties in such parishes as Shrawardine, Shropshire, and North Runcton, Norfolk. Under the auspices of the Royal Society, he and R. Waddington undertook his first major observational project by going to the island of St Helena to observe the 1761 transit of Venus. They wanted to determine accurately the distance of the Earth from the Sun. Unfortunately, at the appropriate moment the weather turned bad and, in any case, he lost confidence in his instruments. He missed the 1769 transit again because it was not until 1772 that Maskelyne perfected his technique for observing transits. Nevertheless his sea journey to and from St Helena stimulated an interest in marine navigation by astronomical methods and he spent a considerable amount of effort trying to devise a better means of determining longitude at sea.

60. Series 63.51 Note Received By Nevil Maskelyne From Banks, 28 April 1801 Note received by nevil maskelyne from Banks, 28 April 1801 (Series 63.51). NotesIncludes nevil maskelyne s reply, ca 28 April 1801. maskelyne, nevil, 17321811. http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/banks/series_63/63_51.htm

Note received by Nevil Maskelyne from Banks, 28 April 1801 (Series 63.51) Notes: Includes Nevil Maskelyne's reply, ca 28 April 1801 Author: Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732-1811 Date: 28 April 1801 Series title: Series 63: Correspondence being mainly letters received by Banks from various persons, concerning the fitting out of HMS Investigator , Matthew Flinders, 1800-1801 Frame numbers: CY 3009 / 134 Subjects: Astronomers Royal

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