In oldtime magic lanterns, a strong light shone through an illustrated glass slide. A lens projected an enlarged image of the picture upon a screen several feet away from the lantern.

Hand-painted glass lantern slide illustrating scene from 'Alice's Adventuresin Wonderland' by Lewis Carroll. Illustrations by Sir John Tenniel, published with permisssion of MacMillan and Co, 1870s.

As it turns out, it's a late 19th century magic lantern (slide projector) slide depicting a staged scene from a humorous ...

Recently, we've heard an awful lot about something called Magic Lantern, although generally as a piece of software, not in reference to the historical projection device. The original Magic Lantern – ...

Thousands of ‘magic lantern’ slides show what daily life was like 120 years ago Jordan King Published September 24, 2023 5:11pm Updated September 24, 2023 5:34pm ...

Context. The photo was part of a set of late 19th century magic lantern (slide projector) images depicting staged scenes from "The Unlucky Present," a Scottish tale about a blacksmith rescuing a ...

The magic lantern is an early type of projector developed in the 17th Century. Image source, National Science and Media Museum. Image caption, ... prints or photographs on a glass slide.

The National Science and Media Museum has acquired a collection of magic lantern slides depicting Bradford in the 19th and 20th century (Image: Science Museum Group). Magic lanterns were developed ...

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Honor is determined to try all the alternatives to the screen notch it can find, and for the Honor Magic 2, it has introduced a slide-down screen. This means the phone has a full-screen display ...