There is no optical instrument so well known or so highly held in popular estimation as the Magic Lantern. It is somewhat unfortunate that its old appellation, given to it when it was nothing more than a mere toy, should have stuck to it so long. And more than one attempt has been made by those conversant with its capabilities as a scientific instrument, and as an important aid to education, to give it a name more consistent with its real value. - Summary by the author
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Preface
02:08 - Chapter 2
The History of the Magic Lantern
16:29 - Chapter 3
The Lime Light
06:55 - Chapter 4
Dissolving Views
08:47 - Chapter 5
Making Oxygen Gas
15:22 - Chapter 6
The Screen or Sheet
05:37 - Chapter 7
Pictures for the Lantern
08:05 - Chapter 8
On The Colouring of Photographic Transparencies
19:02 - Chapter 9
Showing Solid & Opaque Objects on the Lantern Screen
08:08 - Chapter 10
The Lantern Microscope
06:52 - Chapter 11
Mechanical or Moving-Pictures
04:58 - Chapter 12
Concluding Remarks
08:32