Ralph W. Hull

Ralph W. Hull (July 5, 1883 - May 20, 1943), born in Crooksville, Ohio was a professional magician, author and inventor of a number of commercial effects.

Biography

Ralph W. Hull was a performer at Coney Island as the Chautauqua & Lyceum headliner.

He was also involved in his family business, Hull Pottery manufacturing company, in Ohio.

He is best know for the mechanical decks he developed using his Rough and Smooth principle. John Northern Hilliard's Greater Magic has a chapter devoted to Hull, "The Tuned Deck".

Bibliography

Marketed items

• Nudist Deck
• Pop-eyed Popper Deck
• Delirium Tremens Deck
• Krazy Kards

Books

• Eye-Openers (1932)
• More Eye-Openers (1933)
• Modernism in Pasteboards (with Nelson C. Hahne) (1934)
• Smart Magic (with Nelson C. Hahne) (1935)
• Fifteen Minutes With A Rope (1937)
• The Testament of Ralph W. Hull by Trevor Hall (1945)
• Hull's The Complete Eye Openers (2005) by Paul Gordon & Natzler Enterprises

References

• Magic Circular Jan/Feb 1943
• Discussion of the Ralph Hull's Tuned Deck
• Explaining the 'Magic' of Consciousness
• Chautauqua & Lyceum Magicians

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