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Preferred term

Magic lanterns  

Definition

  • Boxlike devices containing a lamp, reflectors to concentrate the light and, usually, lenses to reduce or expand the light, designed to project images painted on glass transparencies slowly drawn across the lens [AAT 94, alt.]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Lantern projection
  • LANTERN PROJECTORS
  • LANTERNS, MAGIC
  • PROJECTORS, LANTERN

Notation

  • 110561

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-VWG71LJF-Z

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