Harry Houdini
Erik Weisz (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926), known as Harry Houdini ( ), was a Hungarian-American escapologist, illusionist, and stunt performer noted for his escape acts.Houdini first attracted notice in vaudeville in the United States and then as Harry "Handcuff" Houdini on a tour of Europe, where he challenged police forces to keep him locked up. Soon he extended his repertoire to include chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, straitjackets under water, and having to escape from and hold his breath inside a sealed milk can with water in it.
In 1904, thousands watched as Houdini tried to escape from special handcuffs commissioned by London's ''Daily Mirror'', keeping them in suspense for an hour. Another stunt saw him buried alive and only just able to claw himself to the surface, emerging in a state of near-breakdown. While many suspected that these escapes were faked, Houdini presented himself as the scourge of fake spiritualists, pursuing a personal crusade to expose their fraudulent methods. As president of the Society of American Magicians, he was keen to uphold professional standards and expose fraudulent artists. He was also quick to sue anyone who imitated his escape stunts.
Houdini made several movies but quit acting when it failed to bring in money. He was also a keen aviator and became the first man to fly a powered aircraft in Australia. Provided by Wikipedia
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Prediction of Extraction Companies’ Development by Erik Weiss
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Precision of GNSS instruments by static method comparing in real time by Slavomír Labant, Lucia Kalatovičová, Pavel Kukučka, Erik Weiss
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Detection of erroneous values in the measurement of local geodetic networks by Gabriel Weiss, Slavomír Labant, Erik Weiss, Ladislav Mixtaj
Published 2010-06-01
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Another mathematical optimization models based on assignment problem by Ladislav Mixtaj, Erik Weiss, Zuzana Hajduová, Štefan Berežný
Published 2007-12-01
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Analyzing the risk of entrepreneurship in tourist traffic by Roland Weiss, Jozef Zuzik, Erik Weiss, Slavomir Labant, Marcela Gergeľová
Published 2018-03-01
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Quality of business valuation methods in Slovakian mining industry by Jozef Zuzik, Ladislav Mixtaj, Erik Weiss, Roland Weiss, Vlastimil Laskovský
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Establishment of Local Geodetic Nets by Heidy Schwarczová, Erik Weiss, Ladislav Mixtaj, Slavomír Labant, Gabriel Weiss
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