Geometrical Vanish

55 entries in Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Martin Gardner*	Where Does the Easter Bunny Go?	puzzle		Apr. 1952	The Phoenix (Issue 252)	1009	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Martin Gardner*	Geometrical Vanishes - Part 1	chapter intro		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	114	Articles / Intros & Epilogues Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
	The Line Paradox	Line vanishes when paper is shifted		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	114	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Sam Lloyd	Sam Loyd's Flag Puzzle	Geometrical Vanish, cut an American flag into two pieces, rearrange to form onto thirteen stripes instead of fifteen		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	117	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
	The Vanishing Face	Geometrical Vanish of a face		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	118	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Sam Lloyd	"Get Off The Earth"	Geometrical vanish of a Chinese warrior by rotating paper globe		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	118	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Theodore DeLand	DeLand's Paradox	Geometrical Vanish of a playing card	Variations The Vanishing Rabbit (Martin Gardner, Mathematics, Magic And Mystery, 1956) Stover's Variations (Mel Stover, Mathematics, Magic And Mystery, 1956)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	123	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Martin Gardner*	The Vanishing Rabbit	Geometrical vanish of a rabbit	Inspired by DeLand's Paradox (Theodore DeLand, Mathematics, Magic And Mystery, 1956)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	125	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Mel Stover*	Stover's Variations	Geometrical Vanish / transformation of objects, face becomes beer mug or red pencil becomes blue pencil	Inspired by DeLand's Paradox (Theodore DeLand, Mathematics, Magic And Mystery, 1956)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	125	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish Food / Beer
	The Checkerboard Paradox	Geometrical vanish of a square on a checkerboard		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	129	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
William Hooper	Hooper's Paradox	Rectangle rearranged to apparently increase the area		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	131	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
	Square Variation	Area of square changes after pieces are rearranged		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	132	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Martin Gardner*	Fibonacci Series	About the mathematics behind geometrical vanishes where the area of a shape changes. Based on work by V. Schlegel, E.B. Escott and Lewis Carroll	Related to V. Schlegel, Zeitschrift fur Mathematik und Physik, Vol. 24, p. 123 (1879) E. B. Escott, Open Court, Vol. 21, p. 502 (1907) Variations Langman's Version (Harry Langman, Mathematics, Magic And Mystery, 1956)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	134	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish Puzzle / Miscellaneous
Harry Langman	Langman's Version	Rectangle changes in area when pieces are moved around, related to Fibonacci series	Inspired by Fibonacci Series (Martin Gardner, Mathematics, Magic And Mystery*, 1956)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	137	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Paul Curry	Curry's Paradox	Various geometrical vanishes of squares in rectangles and squares	Variations Curry Triangles (Martin Gardner, Mathematics, Magic And Mystery, 1956) Torn Uncut Card Sheet (Tomas Blomberg, Blomberg Laboratories*, 2014)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	139	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Martin Gardner*	Curry Triangles	Geometrical vanishes with triangles	Inspired by Curry's Paradox (Paul Curry, Mathematics, Magic And Mystery, 1956)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	145	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
	Four-piece Squares	Cut square into four pieces, rearrange to get hole		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	151	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Paul Curry	Three-piece Squares	Cut square into three pieces, rearrange to get hole		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	153	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Paul Curry, Martin Gardner*	Two-piece Squares	Cut square into two pieces, rearrange to get hole		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	153	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Martin Gardner*	Curved and 3-D Forms	Discusses the possibilities of geometrical vanishes with 3-D shapes		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	155	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Werner "Walt Nelson" Nussbaumer	Ein geometrisches Verschwinden			1964	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 25 No. 1&2)	30	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
L. Vosburgh Lyons	Triangulation	tiling puzzle	Related to p. 70 for credits	Dec. 1966	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 2 No. 2)	72	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Gene Gordon	Gene Gordon's Routine for the Leprechauns	Vanishing Leprechauns with revelation of a card		Aug. 1969	Ibidem (Issue 34 & 35)	57	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
	The Vanishing Dollar Forty-Nine	by "W. A. Elliott" questions and answers on the Vanishing Leprechauns		Aug. 1969	Ibidem (Issue 34 & 35)	58	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Bob Little	Stinger to the Leprechauns			Aug. 1969	Ibidem (Issue 34 & 35)	61	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
P. Howard Lyons	Combining Leprechauns			Aug. 1969	Ibidem (Issue 34 & 35)	61	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Karl Fulves*	Five Into Four	Five of diamonds is cut in fourth and puzzled together so a center section is missing, face changes to Four of diamonds	Related to The Moving Pip (Karl Fulves, Curioser, 1980) Variations Center Tear (Joseph K. Schmidt, The Pallbearers Review*, 1971)	1971	The Book of Numbers	42	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Mitsunobu Matsuyama	Paradox	geometrical puzzle with a playing card that makes a full card face-down, but a piece is left over when assembled face-up The Turnover Tactic Business Card Variation Reference File	Related to Warp 9 (Masao Atsukawa, Genii, 2000) also in: Warp 9 (Japan Ingenious, 2013) Variations Powerdox (Karl Fulves, Curioser, 1980) A Jigsaw Puzzle (Terri Rogers, Babel*, 1981) … and 2 more	1979	The Chronicles (Issue 18)	1235	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous Business Cards Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Paul Curry	The Disappearing Rabbit		Related to Notes By Karl Fulves (Karl Fulves, Curioser, 1980) Variations Rabbit Reunion (Karl Fulves, Curioser, 1980)	1980	Curioser	2	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Karl Fulves*	Rabbit Reunion	Curry's effect with 2 rabbits vanishing one by one	Inspired by The Disappearing Rabbit (Paul Curry, Curioser, 1980)	1980	Curioser	6	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Karl Fulves*	Notes By Karl Fulves	on Curry's effect	Related to The Disappearing Rabbit (Paul Curry, Curioser, 1980)	1980	Curioser	9	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Karl Fulves*	The Moving Pip	pip missing on card that is cut in pieces, when re-arranged pip moved	Related to Five Into Four (Karl Fulves, The Book of Numbers*, 1971)	1980	Curioser	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Karl Fulves*	Powerdox	rectangle puzzle, two pieces one by one removed but still a rectangle	Inspired by Paradox (Mitsunobu Matsuyama, The Chronicles, 1979)	1980	Curioser	10	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Martin Gardner*	Euclid's Vanish	number of objects drawn on a slate changes from seven to six, sliding part	Variations The Geometric Slate (Karl Fulves, Curioser*, 1980)	1980	Curioser	11	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish Slate / Flaps & Moving Parts
Karl Fulves*	The Geometric Slate	three-way multiple out prediction	Inspired by Euclid's Vanish (Martin Gardner, Curioser*, 1980)	1980	Curioser	12	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Karl Fulves*	Dice on Slate	idea in which dice drawn on slate become real		1980	Curioser	12	Dice (small) / Vanish Dice (small) / Production & Appearance Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Martin Gardner*	The Vanishing Rabbit	No. 16, rabbit changes into egg via geometrical vanish		1980	The Children's Magic Kit	16	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Terri Rogers	A Jigsaw Puzzle	card puzzle as a revelation, Four of Hearts instead of Five of Hearts	Inspired by Paradox (Mitsunobu Matsuyama, The Chronicles, 1979)	1981	Babel (Issue 2)	20	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Funny Locations Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Puzzle Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
	The Paradox	No. 41, paper with numbers cut up, can be arranged so that center misses		1983	Self-Working Number Magic	66	Numbers / Magic Square Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Karl Fulves*	Counterfit	"Penny Papers", making seven dollar bills from six		1985	S-C — Contemporary Money Magic (Issue 3)	52	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Masao Atsukawa	Fair Exchange	two jigsaw puzzles fit face down but not face up	Related to Warp 9 (Masao Atsukawa, Genii, 2000) also in: Warp 9 (Japan Ingenious, 2013)	1986	The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 5	90	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Tom Craven	Armchair Golfer	Mel Stover's Vanishing Pencil (version of the Magic Egg Puzzle), pencil on paper changes places with pencil on initialed paper		1992	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 44)	787	Paper / Transposition Paper / Out to Lunch Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Michael Weber	Personality Analysis	paper pieces with words, one vanishes		1994	Correctors Workshop		Paper / Vanish Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Karl Fulves*	Lucky Lollipop	No. 29, lollipops on three pieces of paper, number changes when papers are rearranged		1995	Easy Magic	40	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Masao Atsukawa	Warp 9	card as jigsaw puzzle, geometrical puzzle with a playing card that makes a full card face-down, but a piece is left over when assembled face-up, credit information by Max Maven	Also published here Warp 9 (Masao Atsukawa, Japan Ingenious, 2013) Related to Paradox (Mitsunobu Matsuyama, The Chronicles, 1979) Fair Exchange (Masao Atsukawa, The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 5, 1986)	May 2000	Genii (Vol. 63 No. 5)	43	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Ali Bongo	Here's Some Magic You Can Do	vanishing Leprechaun / Disappearing Dwarf / Hat puzzle, Bongo design		2002	Lecture Notes — Geneva 2002	13	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Doug Scheer	Circus Teamwork Puzzle			Sep. 2006	MAGIC (Vol. 16 No. 1)	130	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish Children Magic / Routines
Richard Kaufman	Genii Speaks	on geometrical vanishes, tenth Los Angeles History Conference, Jim Steinmeyer, Guy Hollingworth, The Magic Circle, Nintendo's "Master of Illusion", Tony Giorgio, Aaron Fisher, Harry Lorayne, Disneyland, Haunted Mansion, Kostya Kimlat, Raymond Crowe		Jan. 2008	Genii (Vol. 71 No. 1)	12	Articles / Columns Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Brian Daniel	The Bermuda Square	Teach by Magic		Nov. 2010	MAGIC (Vol. 20 No. 3)	72	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Michael Weber, Tim Trono	Coffee Card	Vanishing Leprechaun with coffee cups on a coffee bonus card, results in getting an extra coffee		Sep. 2012	Real Secrets (Vol. 1 No. 6)	1	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Masao Atsukawa	Warp 9	geometrical puzzle with a playing card that makes a full card face-down, but a piece is left over when assembled face-up	Also published here Warp 9 (Masao Atsukawa, Genii, 2000) Related to Paradox (Mitsunobu Matsuyama, The Chronicles, 1979) Fair Exchange (Masao Atsukawa, The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 5, 1986)	2013	Japan Ingenious	19	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Tomas Blomberg	Torn Uncut Card Sheet	uncut sheet which contains all the cards of the deck, magician rearranges the pieces of the sheet to make a previously selected card disappear from it, "52 on 1 Gag"	Inspired by Curry's Paradox (Paul Curry, Mathematics, Magic And Mystery, 1956)	2014	Blomberg Laboratories	130	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Gag Cards Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Richard Wiseman	Houdini's Puzzling Elephant			Sep. 2016	MAGIC (Vol. 25 No. 301 The Final Issue)	96	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Áriston	Dado Magico	on paper and with pieces of wood, cube		2017	Hojas Sueltas	201	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Jim Steinmeyer	Missing Pieces	Conjuring presentation for two geometric vanish puzzles side by side		Jan. 2022	Genii (Vol. 85 No. 1)	60	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish