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In the 1650's the Magic Lantern was created and was the birth of what we now know as projectors, they work in much the same way but rather than a modern light bulb they used a candle or oil lamp,at first the creators would show horrific images to frighten people in to thinking what they were seeing was an act of the supernatural or magic. Magic Lantern Projector, Modern Light Bulbs, History Of Film, History Of Animation, Persistence Of Vision, Scientific Instruments, Magic Lantern, Camera Obscura, Cinema Film

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Animation - The Magic Lantern

The magic lantern is what made the whole history of animation possible. A lantern is simply a projector- but back in the day, nobody really knew about moving pictures and how they were to be...

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Celebrating Movie Magic at the Academy Museum | Atomic Redhead Citizen Kane, Magic Lantern, North By Northwest, Frank Thomas, Painted Backdrops, Batman Returns, Viewing Room, Computer Animation, Shadow Puppets

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Celebrating Movie Magic at the Academy Museum | Atomic Redhead

Over the last few years Hollywood has been working hard in the former May Company building, overhauling it to turn it into the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Earlier this fall it finally opened…

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A fine, late Victorian mahogany and brass magic lantern by Perken & Son of Hatton Garden, London. This beautiful old projector was made under the ‘Optimus’ trademark which it registered in 1885. It would have been used for projecting glass magic lantern slides in days long before the advent of cinema. Magic Lantern Projector, Old Projector, Magic Lantern Slides, Magic Lantern, Antique Shops, Projector, Advent, Lanterns, Brass

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Perken & Son 'Optimus' Antique Magic Lantern

A fine, late Victorian mahogany and brass magic lantern by Perken & Son of Hatton Garden, London. This beautiful old projector was made under the ‘Optimus’ trademark which it registered in 1885. It would have been used for projecting glass magic lantern slides in days long before the advent of cinema.

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An antique magic lantern projector by William Charles Hughes of London. Tinplate and brass, it was made for projecting glass lantern slides in the standard 3.25" format. Magic Lantern Projector, Magic Lantern, Glass Lantern, Antique Shops, Projector, Over The Years, Lanterns, Slides, Brass

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Antique Magic Lantern by W C Hughes

An antique magic lantern projector by William Charles Hughes of London. Tinplate and brass, it was made for projecting glass lantern slides in the standard 3.25" format.

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Magic Lanterns, various manufacturers England part 2 magic lantern enlarger Pollock Glasgow Mahogany, brass and tinplate magic lantern/enlarger with a maker's plate reading 'Pollock & Stewart, Opticians, 41 Renfield Street, Glasgow'. Starting from the ... Magic Lantern Projector, Vintage Film Projector, Temperance Movement, Projector Photography, Magic Illusions, Slide Projector, Antique Cameras, Lecture Notes, Magic Lantern

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Magic Lanterns, various manufacturers, England part 2

The magic lantern is one of the most important inventions of our history: it's the precursor of the film- and slide projector, of television, video and multimedia. For centuries it was a source of pleasure for young and old, poor and rich. A source of knowledge too for students and scientists. A device with a name sounding mysterious and romantic. The Laterna Magica, the magic lantern.

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An antique magic lantern by the Glasgow maker, John Lizars. Operating from Glasgow's Merchant City, Lizars made a wide variety of scientific and optical instruments. This particular slide projector most likely dates to around 1860. Slide Projector, Magic Lantern, Velvet Curtains, Bellows, Hanging Curtains, Antique Shops, Glasgow, Projector, Red Leather

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Antique Magic Lantern by John Lizars of Glasgow

An antique magic lantern by the Glasgow maker, John Lizars. Operating from Glasgow's Merchant City, Lizars made a wide variety of scientific and optical instruments. This particular slide projector most likely dates to around 1860.

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A LAPIERRE MAGIC LANTERN, - Bukowskis Vintage Gadgets, Slide Projector, Magic Lantern, Kerosene, Astronomer, Bukowski, Astronomy, Projector, Decorative Jars

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A LAPIERRE MAGIC LANTERN, - Bukowskis

Paris, 1870. Tin body with decorative circles and stars, complete with the significant Lapierre chimney, the decorative top dome, metal feet, petroleum ...

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LEGO IDEAS - Working Image Projector "Magic Lantern" Big Lego Sets, Big Lego, Magic Lantern, Lego Construction, Lego Worlds, Make Pictures, Building Techniques, Moving Pictures, Lego Ideas

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Working Image Projector "Magic Lantern"

In the days before television, before moving pictures and even before the invention of limelight, a Dutch scientist invented a magical machine that ...

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Blackadder of Glasgow. Engraved to the lens barrel ‘Blackadder, Glasgow, Optician’. Blackadder had premises in the city’s West Nile Street and made a variety of magic lanterns, slide projectors, lantern slides etc. Magic Lantern Projector, Slide Projectors, Magic Lantern, Antique Shops, Glasgow, Projector, The City, Lanterns, Slides

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Victorian Magic Lantern by William Blackadder of Glasgow

Blackadder of Glasgow. Engraved to the lens barrel ‘Blackadder, Glasgow, Optician’. Blackadder had premises in the city’s West Nile Street and made a variety of magic lanterns, slide projectors, lantern slides etc.

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