magic lantern
Example Sentences
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Old-fashioned projectors, known as magic lanterns, would be used to show pictures such as these in places like church halls across Great Britain.
From BBC
Hanks added that the whole museum is, to him, “the world’s largest magic lantern.”
From Washington Times
Projected scenes are a theme in all the museum’s galleries, with technology from 18th century “magic lanterns” through silent films to the 3-D digital tech of today.
From Seattle Times
But puppetry, magic lanterns, the painted scene unspooling slowly between two poles — a device called a crankie — all these would have been familiar to Shelley.
From New York Times
On Saturday and Sunday, they will also give magic lantern shows for young audiences, where they will offer noisemakers to create sound effects and 19th-century toy lanterns to explore.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
