Human cannonball
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The human cannonball act is a performance in which a person who acts as the "cannonball" is ejected from a cylinder that has been specially designed to resemble a cannon. The human cannonball lands on
Stephanie Smith, human cannonball at the Royal Melbourne Show, 2005
Rossa Matilda Richter ("Zazel") with her cannon in 1877.
Leo Garcia is about to enter his cannon to be shot out
Instant after the performer, Leo Garcia, left his cannon
William Leonard Hunt
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William Leonard Hunt, also known by the stage name The Great Farini, was a well-known nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Canadian funambulist, entertainment promoter and inventor, as well as the
Human cannonball
…The human cannonball lands on a horizontal net or inflated bag placed at the predicted landing point. Outdoor performances may aim at a body of water. William Leonard Hunt, known in the circus world as "The Great Farini", conceived and designed the basic act in the early 1870s, filing a patent for launching a human…
Hunt with Krao Farini, 1883