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Illustrated Catalogue Of Magic Lanterns

by McIntosh Battery and Optical Company Co

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Illustrated catalog of magic lanterns (sciopticons and stereopticons) and lantern slides of American producer and vendor McIntosh Battery & Optical Company in Chicago, Ills, US. Next to the apparatus, a description of its use is included in some sections, especially with respect to the working of light (Pages 1-92). Pages 93-240 are dedicated to lantern slide sets. Subjects covered by the lantern slides reach from instruction on electricity to geography, Christian religion, American History, fairy tales and more. To learn more about Magic Lanterns and Slides, visit the Lucerna Magic Lantern Web Resource at http://slides.uni-trier.de/ .

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Magic”. Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the title, “Magic” in the description, “Magic” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Magic”· via Internet Archive
    • “Magic”· in title
    • “Magic”· in description
    • “Magic”· in subject
    • “Magic”· in edition title

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1890-01-01T00:00:00ZChicago, Il: McIntosh Battery and Optical Company Co.English—Public digitized item

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  • Contributing institution: Toverlantaarnmuseum Scheveningen (TOMU)
  • Digitization sponsor: A Million Pictures
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
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