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    Étienne-Gaspard Robert (15 June 1763 – 2 July 1837), often known by the stage name of "Robertson", was a prominent physicist, stage magician and influential...
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    declaration of war between France and Great Britain, physicist Étienne-Gaspard Robert met with the French government and proposed the use of mirrors to...
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  • (Randall James Hamilton Zwinge) Reveen, Peter Reynolds, Charles Robert, Étienne-Gaspard Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugène Robinson, William Ellsworth: see Chung Ling...
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    Lyceum Theatre in the Strand, where it became a smash hit. Étienne-Gaspard "Robertson" Robert, a Belgian inventor and physicist from Liège, became the best...
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    and Sylvain Mignon, when it became the Quartier de l'Europe [fr]. Étienne-Gaspard Robert opened the third Tivoli in 1826, which survived until 1842 when...
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  • Rillieux – American engineer, invented the multiple-effect evaporator Étienne-Gaspard Robert – Belgian magician who performed under the stage name of Robertson...
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  • Robertson, a Scottish clan Robertson, stage name of Belgian magician Étienne-Gaspard Robert (1763–1837) Division of Robertson, electoral district in the Australian...
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    and projection on mirrors and smoke, which had been perfected by Étienne-Gaspard Robert/Robertson in Paris early in the century. The new illusion, soon...
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    Joseph Proust in a Montgolfier. 1803-07-18: 7.28 km (23,900 ft); Étienne-Gaspard Robert and Auguste Lhoëst in a balloon. 1839: 7.9 km (26,000 ft); Charles...
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    Monnaies and was used to print Assignats. Physicist and stage magician Étienne-Gaspard Robert presented fantasized shows in the old church using a magic lantern...
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