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  2. 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.

  3. Ernst Plank - Wikipedia

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    Ernst Plank was a German manufacturing company. Started in 1866 and named after its founder the company initially built toy steam engines and magic lanterns at Hochfederstrasse 40 in Nuremberg . Ernst Plank was one of the first companies to produce toy steam engines and became famous for its copper and tin toys.

  4. 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.

  5. Stereopticon - Wikipedia

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    A stereopticon is a slide projector or relatively powerful "magic lantern", which has two lenses, usually one above the other, and has mainly been used to project photographic images. These devices date back to the mid 19th century, [ 1 ] and were a popular form of entertainment and education before the advent of moving pictures .

  6. 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 ...

  7. Slide projector - Wikipedia

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    The slide images were too small for unaided viewing, and required enlargement by a projector or enlarging viewer. Photographic film slides and projectors have been replaced by image files on digital storage media shown on a projection screen by using a video projector, or displayed on a large-screen video monitor.

  8. Praxinoscope - Wikipedia

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    It was very successful for several years, until it was eclipsed in popularity by the photographic film projector of the Lumière brothers. The kinematofor made by Ernst Plank, of Nuremberg, Germany: a variation of the praxinoscope, powered by a miniature hot air engine. The praxinoscope was copied by several other companies.

  9. Keystone View Company - Wikipedia

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    GreatWarin3D.org's Keystone View Company history page is available on the site, as is a spreadsheet documenting known World War I views; Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University: World War I stereographic library, 1918-1921; Keystone Lantern photographic slide collection, at the University of Maryland libraries