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Introduction

Arthur Good was a French engineer, science educator, author and caricaturist, who used the pen name Tom Tit. He was born in August 1853 and died in March 1928 at the age of 74.

Some of the scientific experiments using everyday objects that he published made use of paperfolding. He also included paperfolding designs in some of his books.

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Chronology

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1853

Arthur Good was born in August 1853

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1885 to 1888

Arthur Good was the 'Redacteur en chef' of the magazine 'Le Chercheur: Journal des Inventions Nouvelles' which was published brtween 1885 and 1888. Later editions included a column called 'Recreations', in which some of the effects later included in 'La Science Amusante' were published. The illustrations for this magazine were engraved by Louis Poyet. These columns did not include any paperfolding related items.

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1888

Issue 808 of 'La Nature' for 24th November 1888 contained an article by Arthur Good headed 'Recreations scientifiques' and sub-headed 'Transformation d'une carte a jouer' which explains How to Make a Chain from a Playing Card.

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1890

Publication of 'La Science Amusante' by Tom Tit - a collection of articles which had been previously published in the French magazine 'L'Illustration'.

Publication of 'Vermakelijke natuurkunde' by Tom Tit - a translation of 'La Science Amusante' into Dutch

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1891

Publication of 'Magic at Home' - a free translation into English of 'La Science Amusante: Volume 1' by Professor Hoffman.

Publication of 'Queerie Queers' by Palmer Cox et al - which contains a section extracted from 'Magic at Home'. The date of publication of this work is uncertain but it cannot be before 1891.

Publication of 'La Ciencia Recreativa' by Tom Tit, a translation into Spanish of 'La Science Amusante'.

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1892

Issue 998 of 'La Nature' for 16th July 1982 contained an article by Arthur Good explaining how to build a launch tube for a Paper Parachute.

'La Science Amusante: Volume 2' by Tom Tit - a collection of articles which had been previously published in the French magazine 'L'Illustration'.

Publication of 'Vermakelijke natuurkunde: Volume 2' by Tom Tit - a translation of 'La Science Amusante: Volume 2' into Dutch

Publication of 'Magical Experiments or Science in Play' by Arthur Good

Publication of 'La scienza dilettevole' by Tom Tit - a translation into Italian of ...

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1893

Publication of 'La Science Amusante: Volume 3' by Tom Tit - a collection of articles which had been previously published in the French magazine 'L'Illustration'.

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1894

Publication of 'Pour Amuser les Petits' by Tom Tit

Publication of Szaz Kiserlete es Produkczioja by Tom Tit - a translation into Hungarian of 'La Science Amusante: Volume 1'

Publication of 'Szaz Ujabb Kiserlete' by Tom Tit - a translation into Hungarian of 'La Science Amusante: Volume 2'.

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1895

Publication of 'Vermakelijke natuurkunde: Volume 3' by Tom Tit - a translation of 'La Science Amusante: Volume 3' into Dutch

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1896

Publication of 'Legujabb 100 Kiserlete' by Tom Tit - a translation into Hungarian of 'La Science Amusante: Volume 3'.

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1903

Publication of 'La Recreation en Famille' by Tom Tit

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1906

Publication of 'Les Bon Jeudis' by Tom Tit

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1918

Publication of 'Scientific Amusements' by Tom Tit, translated and edited by C G Knott, which contains extracts from Volumes 2 and 3, together with a small amount of additional material added by the translator.

Pubication of 'Ciencia Recreativa' by Jose Estralella

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1924

Publication of 'Joujoux en Papier' by Tom Tit

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1928

Arthur Good died in March 1928

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