Magic tricks

thumb|An original Ouija board created thumb|Norman Rockwell cover of the May 1, 1920 issue of The Saturday Evening Post, showing a Ouija board in use

thumb|right|Harry Houdini (1874–1926), a famous escapologist and magician thumb|250px|Harry Houdini before one of his escapology performances in [[Boston 1908]] Escapology is the practice of escaping from restraints or other traps. Escapologists (also called escape artists) escape from handcuffs, straitjackets, cages, coffins, steel boxes, barrels, bags, burning buildings, fish-tanks, and other perils, often in combination.

illusion technique

apparent deformation of objects using magic tricks

stage magic trick

magic trick

metaphor

type of glass bottle used as scientific and magic apparatus

mathematical puzzle

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Stage illusion

magic illusion in which balls can vanish, appear, transpose, reappear and transform inside cups