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1646

The German Jesuit Athanasius Kircher publishes Ars Magna Lucis et umbrae, in which he describes projection experiments performed with mirrors and lenses.

1659

Earliest description of a magic lantern, in the notes of Dutch scientist and astronomer Christiaan Huygens.

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>> Watch video magic lantern.

>> Watch video magic lantern 1 (La llum del cinema series).

>> Watch video magic lantern 2 (La llum del cinema series).

>> Watch video anamorphic drawings 1 (La llum del cinema series).

>> Watch video anamorphic drawings 2 (La llum del cinema series).

1665

The Dane Thomas Rasmussen Walgenstein is the first to perform public projections with a magic lantern.

Photography

It begins in the 1820s >>

Amateur Film

It begins in the 1890s >>

Television and video

It begins in the 1860s >>

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It begins in the 1850s >>