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'''Oracle of Delphi''' is an illusion in which a talking head is floating in space. [[File:OracleDelphi.jpg|thumb|right]] | '''Oracle of Delphi''' is an illusion in which a talking head is floating in space. [[File:OracleDelphi.jpg|thumb|right]] | ||
The illusion was created by [[Thomas Tobin]] and premiered in December of 1865, at the Royal Polytechnic, under the auspices of [[John Henry Pepper]]. The newspapers advertised it as "The Modern Delphic Oracle".<ref>Magician Annual By Will Goldston, 1907-1908, page 27</ref><ref>"Cyclopaedic | The illusion was created by [[Thomas Tobin]] and premiered in December of 1865, at the Royal Polytechnic, under the auspices of [[John Henry Pepper]]. The newspapers advertised it as "The Modern Delphic Oracle".<ref>Magician Annual By Will Goldston, 1907-1908, page 27</ref><ref>"Cyclopaedic Science Simplified" by J.H. Pepper (1869)</ref> | ||
Science Simplified" by J.H. Pepper</ref> | |||
It was sort of cross between Tobin's other successful illusion, [[The Sphinx]], and [[Pepper's Ghost]].<ref>Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians by Steinmeyer, James H. (2003)</ref> | It was sort of cross between Tobin's other successful illusion, [[The Sphinx]], and [[Pepper's Ghost]].<ref>Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians by Steinmeyer, James H. (2003)</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 06:59, 16 August 2014
Oracle of Delphi is an illusion in which a talking head is floating in space.
The illusion was created by Thomas Tobin and premiered in December of 1865, at the Royal Polytechnic, under the auspices of John Henry Pepper. The newspapers advertised it as "The Modern Delphic Oracle".[1][2]
It was sort of cross between Tobin's other successful illusion, The Sphinx, and Pepper's Ghost.[3]