Magic Shadows

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Martin Quigley. Magic Shadows

Magic Shadows

Table of Contents

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

IT STARTED WITH “A”

II FRIAR BACON’S MAGIC

III DA VINCI’S CAMERA

IV PORTA, FIRST SCREEN SHOWMAN

V KEPLER AND THE STARS

VI KIRCHER’S 100th ART

VII POPULARIZING KIRCHER’S PROJECTOR

VIII MUSSCHENBROEK AND MOTION

IX PHANTASMAGORIA

X DR. PARIS’ TOY

XI PLATEAU CREATES MOTION PICTURES

XII THE BARON’S PROJECTOR

XIII THE LANGENHEIMS OF PHILADELPHIA

XIV MAREY AND MOVEMENT

XV EDISON’S PEEP-SHOW

XVI FIRST STEPS

XVII WORLD PREMIERES

Appendix I MAGIC SHADOWS A Descriptive Chronology

Appendix II BIBLIOGRAPHY and Acknowledgements

Index

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Martin Quigley

The Story of the Origin of Motion Pictures

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The picture to be projected was very carefully and lightly etched with acid upon the brass surface of the English Mirrors. The mirror was then polished until the etched pattern could not be detected by eye or touch. But the imperceptible roughness outlining the pattern remained on the mirror and was sufficient to record and reflect the outline of the design in what seemed a magical fashion.

After a vague start in Babylonia, Egypt and the Far East, the study of light and shadow, like many another art and science, began in a thorough way in Greece.

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