Magic Shadows: The Story of the Origin of Motion Pictures

by Martin Quigley

Library of Congress Catalog
Card Number: 60-14797

Printed in the United States of America

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CONTENTS

FOREWORD		[7]
INTRODUCTION		[9]
I	IT STARTED WITH “A”	[13]
II	FRIAR BACON’S MAGIC	[24]
III	DA VINCI’S CAMERA	[29]
IV	PORTA, FIRST SCREEN SHOWMAN	[36]
V	KEPLER AND THE STARS	[43]
VI	KIRCHER’S 100th ART	[48]
VII	POPULARIZING KIRCHER’S PROJECTOR	[62]
VIII	MUSSCHENBROEK AND MOTION	[70]
IX	PHANTASMAGORIA	[75]
X	DR. PARIS’ TOY	[80]
XI	PLATEAU CREATES MOTION PICTURES	[85]
XII	THE BARON’S PROJECTOR	[98]
XIII	THE LANGENHEIMS OF PHILADELPHIA	[106]
XIV	MAREY AND MOVEMENT	[115]
XV	EDISON’S PEEP-SHOW	[130]
XVI	FIRST STEPS	[139]
XVII	WORLD PREMIERES	[149]
APPENDIX I CHRONOLOGY		[163]
APPENDIX II BIBLIOGRAPHY		[177]
INDEX		[185]

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ILLUSTRATIONS

	facing page
ATHANASIUS KIRCHER	[9]
ARCHIMEDES’ BURNING GLASSES	[32]
LEONARDO DA VINCI	[33]
CAMERA OBSCURA	[40]
JOHANNES KEPLER	[41]
KIRCHER’S GIANT WHEEL	[48]
THE STORY DISK	[48]
THE MAGIC LANTERN	[49]
ZAHN’S LANTERNS	[64]
TIME and WIND PROJECTORS	[65]
JOSEPH PLATEAU	[88]
PLATEAU’S MOTION DEVICE	[89]
DANCING GIRL—PHENAKISTICOPE	[89]
FRANZ UCHATIUS	[104]
FIRST ACTION PROJECTORS	[105]
LANGENHEIM BROTHERS	[112]
ETIENNE JULES MAREY	[113]
MUYBRIDGE BATTERY CAMERA SYSTEM	[120]
MAREY’S OUTDOOR STUDIO	[121]
GUN CAMERA	[121]
EDISON AND EASTMAN	[136]
THE KINETOSCOPE PARLOR	[137]
REYNAUD’S THEATRE OPTIQUE	[148]
ANSCHUTZ’S ELECTRICAL TACHYSCOPE	[149]
LOUIS LUMIERE	[160]
ROBERT W. PAUL	[160]
THE VITASCOPE	[161]

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FOREWORD