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.

As it turns out, it's a late 19th century magic lantern (slide projector) slide depicting a staged scene from a humorous Scottish tale published in various anthologies, newspapers and magazines in ...

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 – ...

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.

Early toy movie projector are also seen. Narrated, ... Includes an excerpt from the Georges Méliès film, The Magic Lantern (1903). Director Maxine Haleff. Writer Cecile Starr. Movie Details.

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 ...

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 ...