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The oldest known document concerning the magic lantern is a page on which Christiaan Huygens made ten small sketches of a skeleton taking off its skull, above which he wrote "for representations by means of convex glasses with the lamp" (translated from French).
Articles relating to magic lanterns and their history. They were an early type of image projector that used pictures—paintings, prints, or photographs—on transparent plates (usually made of glass), one or more lenses, and a light source. The type was mostly developed in the 17th century and commonly used for entertainment purposes.
'The Archives of Christiaan Huygens and his Editors', in Michael Hunter, ed., Archives of the Scientific Revolution. Woodbridge, 1998. The Letters of Christiaan Huygens, Revue d'histoire des sciences Année, 56(1), 2003, pp. 135–143. A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of Christiaan Huygens including a concordance with his Oeuvres Complètes ...
Christiaan Huygens, Lord of Zeelhem, FRS (/ ˈ h aɪ ɡ ən z / HY-gənz, [2] US also / ˈ h ɔɪ ɡ ən z / HOY-gənz; [3] Dutch: [ˈkrɪstijaːn ˈɦœyɣə(n)s] ⓘ; also spelled Huyghens; Latin: Hugenius; 14 April 1629 – 8 July 1695) was a Dutch mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor who is regarded as a key figure in the Scientific Revolution.
Treatise on Light: In Which Are Explained the Causes of That Which Occurs in Reflection & Refraction (French: Traité de la Lumière: Où sont expliquées les causes de ce qui luy arrive dans la reflexion & dans la refraction) is a book written by Dutch polymath Christiaan Huygens that was published in French in 1690.
Magic Lantern Films began in 2004 and presents movies on Friday and Monday nights in the Isla Vista Theater. [1] It says that the film distributors Swank and Criterion, who specialize in college markets, said this is the most successful film program of its kind in California. [2] [3] Magic Lantern Films is linked to the course Film and Media ...
Christiaan Huygens' 1659 sketches for a projection of Death taking off his head Slide with a fantoccini trapeze artist and a chromatrope border design (circa 1880) Main article: Magic lantern Moving images were possibly projected with the magic lantern since its invention by Christiaan Huygens in 1659.
Discoveries by Christiaan Huygens — astronomy discoveries by the notable 17th-century Dutch Republic astronomer. Pages in category "Discoveries by Christiaan Huygens" This category contains only the following page.