Category: History - Modern (1750+)

Magic Shadows: The Story of the Origin of Motion Pictures

Quigley, Martin, 1917-2011; Curtis, Edward Peck, 1897-1987 [Author of introduction, etc.]· 17 chapters· 3,892 words

Numerous other books by Kircher on many subjects. See Kircher’s bibliography in _La Bibliothèque des Ecrivains de la Compagnie de Jésus_, by Augustin and Aloysius de Backer, and _Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus_ by Charles Sommervogel.

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17. CHAPTER XVII

Camera: _See also_ Camera lucida _and_ Camera obscura; “battery system” (Muybridge-Isaacs), 120, 122, 126, 127, 173; motion picture, 116, 117, 125, 126, 129, 133, 136, 141, 150–...

13. CHAPTER XIII

HENRY RENNO HEYL. “A Contribution to the History of the Art of Photographing Living Subjects in Motion and Reproducing the Natural Movements by the Lantern,” _Journal._ The Fran...

3. CHAPTER III

2. CHAPTER II

14. CHAPTER XIV

11. CHAPTER XI

6. CHAPTER VI

Numerous other books by Kircher on many subjects. See Kircher’s bibliography in _La Bibliothèque des Ecrivains de la Compagnie de Jésus_, by Augustin and Aloysius de Backer, and...

10. CHAPTER X

15. CHAPTER XV

4. CHAPTER IV

16. CHAPTER XVI

12. CHAPTER XII

1. CHAPTER I

7. CHAPTER VII

5. CHAPTER V

8. CHAPTER VIII

9. CHAPTER IX