Megascope

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Megaskop ( ancient Greek for "wunderkammer") refers to a form of magic lantern ( "magic lamp"), which enlarged images of opaque objects, wood sections , photographs or natural objects designs. As with the ordinary magic lantern, the objects are placed opposite the lenses and are very strongly illuminated by a device on the front. The megascope is the forerunner of the episcope (a projector).

Timetable

  • from 1600: Flip book - flip book with individual images
  • from 1671: Laterna magica - magic lantern: early device for image projection
  • from 1825: Thaumatrop - miracle disc with two threads
  • from 1830: Phenakistiskop - phantascope, miracle wheel or wheel of life
  • from 1832: stroboscope - magic disks: flash unit
  • from 1834: Zoetrop - miracle drum with slots
  • from 1861: Mutoskop - stereo animation sheets per stroboscope
  • from 1877: Praxinoscope - electrical high-speed viewer using a mirror arrangement
  • from 1879: Zoopraxiskop - projection device for chronophotographically generated serial images
  • from 1880: Kaiserpanorama - popular mass medium with stereoscopic picture series
  • from 1886: Electrotachyscope - projection device for row images
  • from 1891: Kinetoskop - first film viewer

See also

literature

  • Emil Stöhrer: The projection of physical experiments and scientific photograms. Quandt & Handel, Leipzig 1876 ( full view in the Google book search).