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projector

[pruh-jek-ter] / prəˈdʒɛk tər /


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Launched in the U.S. in 1896, with the New York premiere of Thomas Edison’s Vitascope film projector, silent movies astonished audiences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

“It’s sort of a variation on what we already know,” says Morris of learning to work the projector.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

The inspiration for the series began with the fact that the Museum’s holdings included an actual VistaVision projector built in the early 1990s for dailies screenings but which hadn’t been used for decades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

"I've read the safety information and it should be cheap and easy enough to make a pinhole projector."

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

And now the lights have been switched off and the clanking projector shoots out a beam of light, showing a million dust motes in the air.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Now the Leicester Square cult cinema has secured the new lease with no break clause, offering it security so the "projectors will keep rolling for years to come".

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Examples include liquid-crystal panels used in projectors and optical chips found in telecommunications systems.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

Those have all been encouraging signs for theater owners such as Gunsky, who started serving popcorn at his family-owned CineLux Theatres at age 10 and threaded projectors at 13.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Those unable to find glasses used other methods, including colanders as pinhole projectors to cast multiple images of the eclipse.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Every teacher at school used overhead projectors to put their notes up on the wall during class.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah


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