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  2. List of lantern slide collections - Wikipedia

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    A magic lantern with printed slide inserted (upright, so if the lantern was lit it would project an inverted picture) This list of lantern slide collections provides an overview of collections held in institutions internationally. The magic lantern was a very popular medium, particularly so from the 18th to the early 20th Century. There are ...

  3. Category:Magic lanterns - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Magic lantern - Wikipedia

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    The magic lantern, also known by its Latin name lanterna magica, was 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.

  5. Stereopticon - Wikipedia

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    For circa two centuries magic lanterns had been used to project painted images from glass slides, but the Langenheim brothers seem to have been the firsts to incorporate the relatively new medium of photography (introduced in 1839). [2] To enjoy the details of photographic slides optimally, the stronger lanterns were needed.

  6. Henry Langdon Childe - Wikipedia

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    He demonstrated his own magic lantern at the Sanspareil Theatre which was replaced by 1806, by the Adelphi Theatre. [7] The magic lantern had not advanced much from the 17th century to the latter part of the 18th century. Childe used achromatic lenses and an improved oil-lamp; and moved to the limelight, then associated with Thomas Drummond. [8]

  7. Henry Underhill - Wikipedia

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    Henry Michael John Underhill (1855–1920) was an amateur scientist, artist, photographer and grocer from Oxford, England. [1]Underhill is best known for his hand-painted and photographic lantern slides which illustrate a variety of subjects including entomology, natural history, prehistoric British archaeology and folk tales.

  8. Carpenter and Westley - Wikipedia

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    Magic lanterns, kaleidoscopes, spectacles, scientific instruments Carpenter and Westley were a British optical, mathematical and scientific instrument makers between 1808 and 1914. The company was founded by Philip Carpenter (18 November 1776, Kidderminster – 20 April 1833, London ) [ 1 ] and, after his death, was continued by his sister Mary ...

  9. Magic lanterns - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 22 September 2007, at 06:37 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

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