Miscellaneous

40 entries in Slate / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Ferdinand Hügelin "Mephisto" der lebende Teufelskopf slate on table on stage with drawing of devil's head, head moves and coughs out selection
 		May 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 5)
76
Carl Willmann Die Changiertafel slate that can be used as a tray to switch billets, coins, card pieces
 		Oct. 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 10)
151
Glenn G. Gravatt* Cards and Slates chosen card appears between two slates, Menetekel Deck
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
260
Dr. Jacob Daley The New Addition Slate Presentation
1937
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1936/37)
182
Theodore Annemann* Impromptu Frame-Ups feeling time behind back, knowing what is drawn on slate, instant stooge
  • 1. Envelope Test
  • 2. Watch Test
  • 3. Slate Test
  • 4. Another Slate Test
  • 5. Shirt Test
Also published here
 1944
Practical Mental Effects
113
Dr. Jacob Daley Ultra Addition
  • Dr. Daley's Variation with Mechanical Slate
Also published here
Related to
 1944
Practical Mental Effects
196
Harvey P. Graham Slate Plate slate effects using a dinner plate, brief explanation of a living and dead routine, appearance of a writing and a design duplication
 		July 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 109)
438
Milbourne Christopher* Think of a City list of cities written on slate, performer predicts one with chalk mark, magnetic movable mark
  • Variation 1
  • Variation 2
 		Sep. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 4)
248
Milbourne Christopher* Passe-Passe Slates two slates with different colors written on them are placed inside two bags with same colors, transposition, Edward Massey's Duplex Slates
 		Sep. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 4)
248
Milbourne Christopher* Massey Slate Tip gag
 		Nov. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 6)
264
Maurice Kump The Hommade Magician
  • Hair (for thread work)
  • Thumbtips
  • Slates
  • Carbon
 		1950
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950)
1
Don Tanner Slate Magic No. 8, vase drawn on slate, spring flower bouquet appears in drawn vase
 		1958 ca.
50 Tricks and Ideas with Spring Flowers
3
Burling Hull on Dunninger's Slate Trick and Al Baker's improvement
 		June 1967
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 2 No. 8)
105
George McLean A Slate Secret peek mirror on watch face, non-mirror method
Related to
 May 1968
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 7)
178
Aldini Slate-O-Vision ESP card prediction, cards clipped on slate
 		1969
Roughingly Yours
14
Robert Parrish Duplex Slates color, food and city written on slate by different spectators, then put in envelope, another slate (signed by spectators) is used by performer to divine choices
 		Winter 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio)
376
Karlheinz Krummel La merveille de la transmission de pensee one ahead prediction with three slates, names of spectators written on one side, with stand
 		1971
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 32 No. 2)
32
James G. Thompson Jr. Strongest Thought five spectators write stuff on billets, secret instructions on what type of information to write on billet, sealed envelope reading method, chalk with razor blade
 		Winter 1972
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 6th Folio)
498
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Adding Slate Flap Effect No. 159, seems to be a secret flap turnover as one approaches a spectator to add up numbers on slate
Related to
 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
41
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Rope And Spirit Slate No. 287, cut rope is knotted and put between two slates, comes out restored with knot remaining between slates
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
73
Dr. Jacob Daley Slate Tricks No. 442, list of four slate effects without much detail
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
126
John D. Pomeroy Dr. Q Slate Routine locking flap, duplication of word, number and color
 		1973
Mentology
9
Al Mann Retrospective excerpts from future Al Mann manuscript on slate effects, part one
  • The Evolution Of Slate Writing
  • 1850
  • 1852
  • Dr. Henry Slade
  • Slade's Impact
  • Slade's Method
  • Truesdell and Slade
  • The W. S. Moses Sitting
  • Eglinton and S. J. Davey
  • 1877
  • 1882
  • 1882
  • 1884
  • 1888
  • Final Notes
Related to
 June 1975
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. 8)
971
Al Mann Retrospective excerpts from future Al Mann manuscript on slate effects, part two
  • The Flap Slate
  • The Baker-Gysel Flap
  • Other Flap Slates
  • Keeler's Baffling Slate Test
  • Spirit Slate
  • Spirits By The Numbers
  • Fourth Dimensional Math
  • Dunninger's Miracle Slate
  • Mental Epic
  • The Mystic Slate
Related to
 July 1975
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. 9)
982
Gerald Kosky Mass Hypnotism pseudo hypnotism act, audience is apparently hypnotised, things written on slates are different, scarfs are not knotted and cards are different then remembered
 		1975
The Magic of Gerald Kosky
194
Al Mann Let it Be Written slate secrets in literature
 		1976
Master Slate Secrets — Part I
13
Al Mann, J. F. Orrin The 13th Veil normal slate
 		1976
Master Slate Secrets — Part I
17
C. L. Boarde Reference Procedures - Variation B on hiding a list of words, with a slate
 		1978
Mainly Mental Vol. 2 — Book Tests
11
Karl Fulves* Slate Sorcery chapter intro
 		1979
Self-Working Mental Magic
73
Bayard Grimshaw Die Blitz-Transpo Tafeln two slates, one with writing by performer, one spectator, they transpose
Also published here
  • New Pentagram, May 1972
 Aug. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
49
Dr. Stanley Jaks Die Klein-Täfelchen-Routine three slates
 		Dec. 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 4)
158
Al Mann The Gemini Slate design duplication slate, impression device for design duplications, dated to 1968
 		1982
Cero-Mentics
5
Ali Bongo Tafel mit zwei Botschaften slate wrapped in handkerchief, writings appear on both sides, similar to Instant Art
Related to
 1991
Ali Bongo
14
Hen Fetsch, Peter Warlock Klapp Klapp two miniature slates, two designs by spectator and performer transpose, flap lapped
 		1999
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 3)
116
Joseph Ovette The Egg Plant "egg plant" constructed on blackboard from silks, eggs become real eggs
Also published here
  • Eggstraordinary Ways of Eggshibiting with Eggs, p. 9
 2002
The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic
55
Docc Hilford Raven's Slate writing can be heard from slates, name appears
  • The Slate Move
  • Sounds of Writing
 		2005
Raven's Slates
5
Mick Ayres Subliminal Message words on white board are erased, some letters remain and form name of selection
Inspired by
Related to
 2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6
17
Mick Ayres Cue-Cards words on whiteboard are erased, some letters remain and form other message, humorous routine
Inspired by
 2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6
18
Alexander de Cova Addendum zu den Geistertafeln double-writing chalk into two colors
Also published here
 Nov. 2013
New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 12)
16
Alexander de Cova Doppelschreiber-Kreide double-writing chalk into two colors
Also published here
 2015
Burners — Vol. 1
202