Anyone even remotely interested in the history of conjuring knows the name Floyd Thayer, a magician and craftsman who established The Thayer Magic Company in California. Thayer was born in 1877 and at first made magic wands and for non-magicians, tourist trinkets and souvenirs of out orangewood which he turned on his lathes. Those lathes later turned out some of the most remarkable magic effects, especially his multiplying billiard balls which came in many sizes and colors.
