| Author |
Quigley, Martin, 1917-2011 |
| Author of introduction, etc. |
Curtis, Edward Peck, 1897-1987 |
| LoC No. |
60014797
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| Title |
Magic Shadows: The Story of the Origin of Motion Pictures
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| Contents |
Foreword -- Introduction -- It started with "A" -- Friar Bacon's magic -- Da Vinci's camera -- Porta, first screen showman -- Kepler and the stars -- Kircher's 100th art -- Popularizing Kircher's projector -- Musschenbroek and motion -- Phantasmagoria -- Dr. Paris' toy -- Plateau creates motion pictures -- The baron's projector -- The Langenheims of Philadelphia -- Marey and movement -- Edison's peep-show -- First steps -- World premieres -- Appendix I: Chronology -- Appendix II: Bibliography.
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| Credits |
Tim Lindell, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
TR: Technology: Photography
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| Subject |
Lantern projection
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| Subject |
Motion pictures -- History
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
64578 |
| Release Date |
Feb 16, 2021 |
| Most Recently Updated |
Oct 10, 2022 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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