Ralph W. Read

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Ralph W. Read	A New Method of Tabulation	tip for question and answer reading act	Also published here A New Method of Tabulation (Ralph W. Read, 1944)	1935	The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1935)	46	Billet / Readings
Ralph W. Read	The Spirit Pencil	pencil taps by itself		1935	Complete One Man Mental and Psychic Routine	22	Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff Pen/Pencil / Animation
Ralph W. Read, Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin	The Original "Stop" Trick	three selection, three-bank forcing deck		1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	320	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick
Ralph W. Read	Animal Magnetism	Demonstrations with Common Objects, see following entries for details		1940	The Jinx (Issue 118)	693	Propless / Body Magic
Ralph W. Read	Static	paper sticks to things, apparent magnetism		1940	The Jinx (Issue 118)	694	Paper / Animation Paper / Miscellaneous
Ralph W. Read	Ascension	rising stick/pencil on hand		1940	The Jinx (Issue 118)	694	Pen/Pencil / Animation
Ralph W. Read	The Impulse	stick/pencil taps by itself		1940	The Jinx (Issue 118)	695	Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff Pen/Pencil / Animation
Ralph W. Read	Control	hinge		1940	The Jinx (Issue 118)	695	Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Cards Cling to Hand
Ralph W. Read, Harlan Tarbell	The Ghostly Silk	comedy silk from paper cone to glass		1942/27	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2	82	Silk & Handkerchief / Traveling / Glass Paper / Cone made from Paper
Ralph W. Read	A New Method of Tabulation	tip for question and answer reading act	Also published here A New Method of Tabulation (Ralph W. Read, 1935)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	331	Billet / Readings
Ralph W. Read	Tapping Pencil	spectator feels "impulses" that still pencil makes		1945	My Best	184	Pen/Pencil / Miscellaneous Pen/Pencil / Animation
Ralph W. Read	Perfected Mental Masterpiece	impression device, dealer's item, application mentioned		1945/27	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4	206	Paper / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices
Anna Eva Fay, Ralph W. Read	The Excelsior Mind Reading Act	different methods to ascertain information, long discussion of this type of work		1945/27	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4	231	Billet / Readings Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices
Ralph W. Read	Tapping Pencil	spectator feels "impulses" that still pencil makes	Related to Miniature Rapping Hand (Dr. Stanley Jaks, 2014)	1945/27	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4	259	Pen/Pencil / Animation
Joseph Dunninger	The Impossible Prediction	impromptu stooge, see "Challenges" for credits	Also published here Dunninger's Impossible Prediction (Joseph Dunninger, Ralph W. Read, 1994) Odd Coincident (B.C. Milnov, 1994)	1948/27	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5	179	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination
Anna Eva Fay	Paraffin Envelope	for impression	Related to The Excelsior Mind Reading Act (Anna Eva Fay, Ralph W. Read, 1945/27)	July 1970	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 9)	347	Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices Paper / Envelopes / Miscellaneous
Joseph Dunninger, Ralph W. Read	Dunninger's Impossible Prediction		Also published here The Impossible Prediction (Joseph Dunninger, 1948/27)	1994	Challenges	4	Mental Magic / Effects / Divination
Dr. Stanley Jaks	Miniature Rapping Hand	rapping noise from a small box	Related to Tapping Pencil (Ralph W. Read, 1945/27) Also published here Die Miniaturklopfhand (Dr. Stanley Jaks, 1961)	2014	The Incredible Dr. Jaks	193	Box Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff

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