Is a very basic design, it has a mirror it front of a light and is scanned out through a lens. It is the first projector ever made in the 1650s. Originally lighted with a candle or oil light, until the most advanced change was the electric arc lamp. The arc lamp was the first electric bulb use in the projector.
What i find most interesting is how it was originally used, to scare & manipulate people, for a profit. Even though this was created during the scientific revolution, the mass of people did not use reasoning to understand. Mostly used it to project ghost & trick people into belief of the rising of dead. My favorite example Johann Schropfer, who used it to manipulate and scare people into believing he was a better actor, which in the end drove him crazy and he shot him self.
Basically the magic lantern was used from the 1600-1800 to manipulate and scare people. Not until the 1900s, was the purpose used for entertainment.
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