"The Book of Magic" by A. Frederick Collins. NY: D. Appleton & Co., 1919. First edition.
Archie Frederick Collins (1869 – 1952), who generally went by A. Frederick Collins, was a prominent early American experimenter in wireless telephony and prolific author of books and articles covering a wide range of scientific and technical subjects. He wrote about 100 books on scientific and technical subjects, hobbies, and sports, and over 500 articles in technical and scientific magazines and journals, well into the 1940's. His reputation was tarnished in 1913 when he was convicted of mail fraud related to stock promotion. However, after serving a year in prison, he returned to writing, including, beginning in 1922, "The Radio Amateur's Handbook," which continued to be updated and published until the mid-1980s.
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"The Book of Magic" by A. Frederick Collins. NY: D. Appleton & Co., 1919. First edition.
Archie Frederick Collins (1869 – 1952), who generally went by A. Frederick Collins, was a prominent early American experimenter in wireless telephony and prolific author of books and articles covering a wide range of scientific and technical subjects. He wrote about 100 books on scientific and technical subjects, hobbies, and sports, and over 500 articles in technical and scientific magazines and journals, well into the 1940's. His reputation was tarnished in 1913 when he was convicted of mail fraud related to stock promotion. However, after serving a year in prison, he returned to writing, including, beginning in 1922, "The Radio Amateur's Handbook," which continued to be updated and published until the mid-1980s.
[Source: Wikipedia and Magicpedia (at geniimagazine.com/magicpedia/A._Frederick_Collins)]