Machine which corresponds to prototype of slide projector " Magic Lamp Machine" projects images drawn on glass onto curtains etc. using lamps and lenses. According to John Plunket of Exeter College, ...

The photo was part of a set of late 19th century magic lantern (slide projector) images depicting staged scenes from "The Unlucky Present," a Scottish tale about a blacksmith rescuing a minister with ...

Netflix didn't exist during the Victorian era, of course, but people living during the 1800s and early 1900s had another way to binge-watch: the "magic lantern." According to new research, these early ...