Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers ( Volume: 51, Issue: 6, December 1948)

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Origins of the Magic Lantern

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: J SMPE
Volume: 51, No. 6, pp. 643–655
Abstract: A critical survey of old and new literature reveals the development of the modern slide projector out of the old “art of mirror writing” which in its turn can be derived from the silhouette. A wrong interpretation of a passage in an old book which describes a camera obscura caused the wrong opinion that the slide projector must have developed from the camera obscura. This contrivance, however, has been the forerunner of the modem photographic camera.
Publication Date: 1948-12-01
DOI: 10.5594/J11715
ISSN: Print: 0097-5834
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/J11715
Author(s): J. VoskuilResearch Chemist, Geldermalsen, Holland
Copyright: © 1948 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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