The origins of the lantern: the true inventor of the magic lantern – Kircher, Walgenstein or Huygens?
Type of text: Article
Author: WAGENAAR, Willem (1941-2011)
Contained in: The new magic lantern journal: volume 1 number 3 (March 1980), pp.10-12
Main subjects:
Subjects: magic lantern – history
magic lantern – history – technical development
magic lantern – technical descriptions
People: HUYGENS, Christiaan (1629-1695)
HUYGENS, Constantijn (1596-1687)
HUYGENS, Lodewijk (1631-1699)
KIRCHER, Athanasius (1602-1680)
PETIT, Pierre (1617-1687)
PRIESTLEY, Joseph (1733-1804)
WALGENSTEN, Thomas Rasmussen (c.1627-1681)
Other reference:
People: ZAHN, Johannes (1641-1707)
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