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	Magic lantern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The magic lantern or Laterna Magica was the ancestor of the modern slide projector.
		Henry R. Heyl of Philadelphia, PA patented the Magic Lantern Projector in 1870.
		By the 19th century, there was a thriving trade of itinerant projectionists, who would travel Britain with their magic lanterns, and a large number of slides, putting on shows in towns and villages.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Magic_lantern (342 words)

	THE MAGIC LANTERN
		Most small lanterns in this exhibition are children's toy magic lanterns, such as the Standard, made in Germany or France in the 1880s and shipped to this country by the hundreds.
		Toy magic lanterns were sold through many mail order catalogues such as Sears and Roebuck, even though candle flames and the combustible oil lamps used as light sources posed a serious fire hazard for unsupervised children.
		Clergymen frequently used lantern slides to show the "wages of sin" to congregations eager for a night of entertaining education.
	www.geh.org /fm/magiclant/htmlsrc/introduction.html (595 words)

	Millington-Barnard: Magic Lantern Slides
		Because the magic lantern used to show the slides was purchased from Chamberlain and E.S. Ritchie it is very likely that the slides were also purchased from the Ritchie firm.
		The magic lantern slides were stored in a hardwood box that held a series of circular colored glass slides most of them framed in sets of three.
		Lantern slides clockwise: Mars, Uranus and moons, angle of the sun during the different seasons, fanciful astronomical illustration, supernova or galaxy viewed from the side, fanciful drawing of a comet, relative sizes of the umbre(shadows),the earth, the planets, Saturn with moons.
	www.olemiss.edu /depts/u_museum/Millington/slides.htm (220 words)

	Antique Lantern Slides
		Magic lanterns of the style shown here were made as early as the 18th century and references to such devices can be found even earlier.
		The little 'nursery' magic lantern is powered by a tiny kerosene lamp and was made in Germany by E.P. (Ernst Plank Co.) probably in the 1920's or 30's.
		This is the Magic Lantern part of an interesting broad discusion of the history of the cinema and popular culture.
	www.winternet.com /~akaske/Personal/lantern.html (742 words)

	The Magic Lantern
		Magic lanterns are an early equivalent of today's slide projectors, with a few important differences.
		Magic lantern slides came in strips of large, bulky pieces of glass held together with metal or wood.
		Although such a wide variety of magic lanterns and slides were made, the different types were so widespread that people could still find slides to fit their particular magic lanterns.
	courses.ncssm.edu /gallery/collections/toys/html/exhibit02.htm (587 words)

	soulcrushingjob: Magic Lantern Archives
		Magic Lantern is an image viewer I wrote because I was just a little frustrated with the available image viewing programs for OS X. All the ones I could find were (pick and choose here) horribly out of date, slow, and/or commercial/shareware.
		Magic Lantern is distributed under the terms of the GPL.
		The Magic Lantern icon, "100,000 Fireflies," is distributed with the gracious permission of Matthew Bice of IheartNY.com.
	soulcrushingjob.com /archives/cat_magic_lantern.php (300 words)

	American Magic-Lantern Theater - HISTORY OF THE MAGIC LANTERN
		The first major magic lantern show to be conducted in a formal theater was the "Fantasmagorie" ("Phantasmagoria" in English) -- the forerunner of the Halloween Show.
		Robertson's performance was staged with the help of several magic lanterns and six assistants, all hidden behind the screen, on which the images were rear-projected.
		The lanterns could move backwards from the translucent screen, making the goblins and skeletons appear suddenly larger, as though they were moving toward the audience.
	www.victorianstation.com /history.htm (2195 words)

	Magic Lantern Castle Museum
		The Magic Lantern is the earliest form of slide projector.
		Until movies came along, in the mid-to-late 1890's, the magic lantern was the sole projection device available.
		Thus, the magic lantern became "the Father of motion pictures, and the Grandfather of television."
	www.magiclanterns.org (259 words)

	The Magic Lantern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Magic Lantern - essentially the same instrument as the modern slide projector - developed from origins at least as early as medieval science, hence the term 'magic'.
		Lantern shows were increasingly popular as public entertainment throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, as this sample of images from the Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell collection begins to suggest.
		In the Victorian period the lantern underwent continuous technical development, one result of which was the film-based moving picture projector or cinematograph.
	www.centres.ex.ac.uk /bill.douglas/collection/lanterns/maglant.html (137 words)

	FBI software cracks encryption wall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Magic Lantern is one of a series of enhancements currently being developed for the FBI’s Carnivore project, the source said, under the umbrella project name of Cyber Knight.
		If Magic Lantern is in fact used to steal encryption keys, it would not be the first time the FBI has employed such a tactic.
		Magic Lantern would take the method used in Scarfo one step further, allowing agents to “break in” to a suspect’s office and install keylogging software remotely.
	www.msnbc.com /news/660096.asp?cp1=1 (1106 words)

	village voice > news > Nat Hentoff by Nat Hentoff
		Beware of "The Magic Lantern." Under the "sneak and peek" provision of the USA Patriot Act, pushed through Congress by John Ashcroft, the FBI, with a warrant, can break into your home and office when you're not there and, on the first trip, look around.
		These legal break-ins, including the use of the Magic Lantern, are not limited to investigations of terrorism but are now part of regular criminal investigations.
		The Reuters December 12 story quotes the FBI as claiming the Magic Lantern "is a workbench project" that has not yet been deployed.
	www.villagevoice.com /issues/0222/hentoff.php (898 words)

	Magic lantern glass slides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Magic lanterns were like modern slide projectors; originally the light source was a non-electric...
		The 'Magic Lantern' was an early kind of slide projector which was used to show fl and white...
		The magic lantern was invented in Europe in the 17th century.
	www.antiquefurniturefaq.com /magic+lantern+glass+slides.html (1065 words)

	Eric Foxley
		I have two Victorian magic lanterns, and a large collection of slides.
		Magic lantern shows have been provided for a variety of customers, from Nottingham Castle museum to local community organisations.
		The better class of shows would involve two or three lanterns, using a technique for fading one slide on top of another.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /eandj.foxley/MagicLantern (264 words)

	Magic Lantern Montessori (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Magic Lantern Montessori is a non-profit preschool emphasizing community and diversity in Seattle, Washington.
		Magic Lantern Montessori is a non-profit preschool emphasizing community and diversity in South Seattle.
		Magic Lantern strives to be an all-inclusive school that reflects the diversity of our community.
	magiclanternpreschool.org (154 words)

	Virtual Victorians \|\| Victorian eToys \|\| Magic Lantern Slide Show (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This magic lantern uses a gas light to project the images on the glass slides.
		Early versions, dating from the late 18th century were produced as children's toys in England, France and the U.S.A. The lantern from Tiverton Museum is in a metal box and has 4 slide holders.
		Magic lantern shows grew in popularity in mid to late Victorian times with the development of photography.
	tofino.ex.ac.uk /virvic/etoys/magic/home.htm (223 words)

	The Magic Lantern Society - Publications
		The book is organised in four interrelated and overlapping sections, covering the main areas of lantern use, its applications in different cultures, examples of particular use and, finally, the lantern's continued influence after the exaggerated reports of it's 'death' at the end of the nineteenth century.
		he Encyclopaedia of the Magic Lantern is the Society's most ambitious project to date.We have attempted to provide a comprehensive reference source to the history, technology, uses and aesthetics of the optical lantern in its many forms.
		A unique reference source, tracing the evolution of the magic lantern from a quaint magical toy used for frightening the superstitious through to a sophisticated scientific device.
	www.magiclantern.org.uk /publications.htm (474 words)

	Magic Lantern Site 'de Luikerwaal' - Lanterns. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		An epi(dia)scope is a magic lantern that is able to project (also) opaque images and three-dimensional objects.
		Ceramic lanterns are magic lanterns that have a ceramic body, mostly decorated with colourful floral motives.
		Besides his magic lantern and a good amount of slides, a lanternist in the nineteenth century needed a lot of other helpful articles when he had to illuminate a lecture with his lantern slides.
	www.luikerwaal.com /inh_lantaarns_uk.htm (314 words)

	Magic Lantern - XtremeSystems Forums
		Magic Lantern also resolves another important problem with the FBI's existing computer monitoring technology -- the "key logger system." In the past, investigators had to break into a target's residence armed with a warrant and physically attach a device to a computer.
		Magic Lantern, however, can be installed over the Internet by tricking a person into opening an email attachment.
		It is unclear whether Magic Lantern would transmit keystrokes it records back to the FBI over the Internet or store the information to be seized later in a raid.
	www.xtremesystems.org /forums/showthread.php?t=2734 (433 words)

	William Henry Jackson's Magic Lantern India and Pakistan 1895
		William Henry Jackson's Magic Lantern India and Pakistan 1895
		A 21 magic lantern tour of India with the prominent American photographer of the US West, William Henry Jackson.
		In India, he made a series of hand-colored lantern slides he later used to tour the US and give lecture shows with.
	www.harappa.com /magic (76 words)

	MAGIC LANTERN MAN
		By the early 1800s shows were being given in theatres and by the end of the century magic lantern shows could be seen in church halls, schools, town and village halls, and in the home.
		Mechanical magic lantern slides provide some of the most spectacular effects to be seen with the aid of the magic lantern.
		With a collection of over 1200 magic lantern slides to choose from, and a collection of over 1000 35mm slides of old photographs, a variety of shows can be provided to suit different audiences.
	www.magiclanternman.com (1152 words)

	Magic Lantern
		The Magic Lantern continues the tradition of having the finest and classiest entertainment the area has to offer since 1955.
		The Magic Lantern, also known as the "Monson Ballet" offers a casual and laid back atmosphere to make you feel comfortable with a partying, upbeat feeling where the girls are always up for friendly conversation.
		The Magic Lantern girls are also available to travel to your party anywhere throughout Western Mass and northern CT.
	www.themagiclantern.net (215 words)

	American Magic-Lantern Theater - OUR FAVORITE SITES
		Lantern of Fear - Focus on the Phantasmagoria by England's preeminent showman.
		Magic Lantern Society of US and Canada - Magic Lantern Society of US, Canada and International.
		Magic Lantern Society - Magic Lantern Society (England and International).
	www.magiclanternshows.com /links.htm (882 words)

	Emerald Dawn -Sands of Oa MAGIC LANTERN
		On his homeworld known as Dreamworld, one of the infinite Earths believed destroyed in the so-called Crisis, Magic Lantern was part of the Love Syndicate.
		The Earth-3 villains POWER RING and Ultraman returned and were in turn were joined by beings from other Earths such as Magic Lantern and his fellow Love Syndicators, Sunshine Superman and Speed Freak.
		Parallax, Green Lantern, Spectre and other references to that are copyrighted © 2001 to DC Comics and are used without permission.
	www.emeralddawn.com /book/magic.htm (384 words)

	'Professor' Heard's MAGIC LANTERN Page
		From at least the middle of the 17th century, priests and practitioners in the fl arts were conjuring up ghosts and phantoms for fun and profit, with the aid of primitive projectors.
		In the 18th century other forms of natural magic were incorporated and the seance, with lantern-sorcery still at its heart, began to develop into a kind of art-form.
		He has also devised magic lantern and ghost-show sequences for feature films and for television programmes.
	www.grand-illusions.com /phntsmg.htm (596 words)

	The Magic Lantern Society - History of the Lantern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Magic Lantern is the forerunner of the modern slide projector.
		Like them the Magic Lantern has been used to educate, entertain and mystify audiences for hundreds of years.
		Over the period of a little more than 200 years the Magic Lantern developed from basic projectors such as the Sturm Lantern, capable of producing small, dimly lit images to the magnificent Triunials, manufactured by such firms as J H Steward, W Butcher and Son, or W C Hughes.
	www.magiclantern.org.uk /history1.htm (194 words)

	MLP PlayWare
		Magic Lantern is currently developing eGames Chess, a 3D chess product, to be published by eGames.
		Magic Lantern has partnered with New Game, Inc. (a Galesburg, IL based educational game company founded by Chuck Frick) to create software versions of two exciting card games.
		Magic Lantern is proud to announce that we are teaming up with Infogrames to bring the Atari classic back to life in full 3D.
	www.mlantern.com /play.htm (643 words)

	Jack and Beverly's Magic Lantern Graphics
		The magic lantern was the forerunner of both the projected image and the moving picture.
		Below is the frontispiece which shows a magic lantern being used to raise a ghost on stage.
		Rawlandson is using the magic lantern as allegory.
	www.brightbytes.com /collection/magic1.html (462 words)

	A Centennial Salute To Cinema (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Magic lantern, or slide, shows also played an important role, attracting young and old to schools, theaters, and homes to watch depictions of fables, legends, and current events.
		The magic lanterns projected hand-painted or photographic glass slides, which were inserted into the projector one at a time for small audiences to view together.
		Magic Lantern - "Gloria" projector made by Ernst Planck, Germany.
	photo2.si.edu /cinema/cinema.html (320 words)

	Pennsylvania Hospital History: Stories - Thomas Story Kirkbride
		Using the new technology of the time, Kirkbride began his "magic lantern" shows to serve as both therapy and entertainment for patients.
		The magic lantern was an early form of slide projector, lit by candles initially, with slides manually inserted.
		The magic lantern slide shows aided Kirkbride's view that an active, daily routine, consisting of mental employment, would bring about restored mental health.
	www.uphs.upenn.edu /paharc/features/tkirkbride.html (365 words)

	AV vendors split over FBI Trojan snoops \| The Register
		A keystroke logging Trojan, called Magic Lantern, will enable investigators to discover break PGP encoded messages sent by suspects under investigation, MSNBC reports.
		MSNBC quotes unnamed sources who says that Magic Lantern could be sent to a target by email or planted on a suspect's PC by exploiting common operating system vulnerabilities.
		Magic Lantern, which would be an extension of the Carnivore Internet surveillance program, takes the idea one step further by enabling agents to place a Trojan on a target's computer without having to gain physical access.
	www.theregister.co.uk /2001/11/27/av_vendors_split_over_fbi (544 words)

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