![National Museum of Australia on Twitter: "Long before computer-generated imagery or the advent of motion picture, static images were “given life” through magic-lantern shows and various optical devices. This praxinoscope is a National Museum of Australia on Twitter: "Long before computer-generated imagery or the advent of motion picture, static images were “given life” through magic-lantern shows and various optical devices. This praxinoscope is a](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EGUUoO-VAAAeL6G.jpg)
National Museum of Australia on Twitter: "Long before computer-generated imagery or the advent of motion picture, static images were “given life” through magic-lantern shows and various optical devices. This praxinoscope is a
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A MAGIC LANTERN show. With two lanterns one above the other which is called a Bi-Unial Magic Lantern, two slides can be screened simultaneously. Here one slide shows a man in bed
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Pre Cinema History 📷🎞️🇨🇦 🏴 on Twitter: "1799 #Robertson applied for a patent for his portable #Fantoscope, a mobile #magiclantern. A representation of a 'Magic Lantern' on wheels (below) used for recreating
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