0 an early type of projector, a machine that shines a light through a painted or photographic image on a glass sheet to produce a larger image:
His brother got a "magic lantern", a precursor of the slide-projector, for Christmas.
The artist employed a magic lantern or similar device to project photographic images onto his canvases and make traced drawings.
The family nursery included both a puppet theatre and a magic lantern.
History was taught with the help of magic lantern slides and her pupils learnt botany from a practical botanist during their walks.
It is constructed around the 19th century magic lantern slides, a forerunner of modern cinema.
Some slides for the lanterns contained moving parts, which makes the magic lantern the earliest known example of projected animation.
In the 17th century, the first magic lantern was developed.
