Jean Eugene Robert Houdin (1805-1871), the founder of modern magic, was an inventor of many complicated toys and automata. His first profitable gadget was an alarm clock; a bell would peal to awake the sleeper and a lighted candle would come out of the box,
It was for his application of electricity to clocks in general that Houdin was decorated in Paris.
Modern Magician Harry Houdini took his name from Houdin’s.
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