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Magic Lantern - Slide Projector

Tuesday August 9, 2005
The Magic Lantern or Sciopticon was an early form of slide projector as well as an early form of moving picture. The glass slides used with Magic lanterns were often moved with levers or other contrivances to make these images appear to "move".

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