· The Magic Latern (since 17th century)
The magic lantern could project hand-painted (or later photographic) glass slides.
It had a candle (or later a lamp), a condensing lens that focused the light onto the slide to project and a lens tube that magnified the projection.
It was not simply a still image projector, but if the slides contained images of successive motion and if they were moved quickly through the Magic Lantern, the projected image appeared to be animated.
two slides of a Magic Lantern
