The prototype of the slide projector 'Magic Lantern' was Netflix-like existence in the 19th century England

Machine which corresponds to prototype of slide projector " Magic Lamp Machine " projects images drawn on glass onto curtains etc. using lamps and lenses. According to John Plunket of Exeter College, Victorian expert, a new investigation, the magic lamp is widely used in the new survey than it had been thought until now It turned out that families of the middle class often rented magic lamps. It seems that the lantern aircraft at that time was positioned as Netflix just as in 2018.

Research news - Victorians enjoyed rudimentary version of Netflix, new research shows - University of Exeter
https://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/research/title_679542_en.html

Victorians Had Their Own Version of Netflix: 'Magic Lanterns'
https://www.livescience.com/63508-magic-lantern-victorian-netflix.html

It is touched in the following movie what kind of magic lantern is like.

Charles Dickens and the Magic Lantern - YouTube


The magic lamp with a long lens is designed to insert a glass slide on the side.

Insert.

Together with the knob attached to the main unit ......

You can adjust the focus of the projected picture.

Like the projector, we will project to the appropriate curtain with light.

The projected picture is like this.

Part of the picture is to move ... ...

It can be expanded like animation.

Projection is done by a specialized technician.

And sometimes this technician gets voice and narration.

The illuminator appeared in the 1500's, and in the mid 1800's, the lenders of the magic lamps spread among stationery merchants who sold optical engineers, photographers, office supplies, etc. In the 1850's, these people also started to lend stereoscopes . The stereoscope is a device that generates a three-dimensional stereoscopic effect by showing two images with misalignment to the left and right eyes. Plunkett says that enjoying a magic lamp and a stereoscope in the Victorian era was equivalent to "enjoying Netflix" in modern times.

Mr. Plunkett found the earliest lantern aircraft advertisement published in the 1824 newspaper "Morning Post". This was what the engineering engineer at Oxford Street in London said, "The magician will deliver the evening."

Also, Mr. Thomas Bale, a watchmaker and engineering technician, lent a magazine machine along with various slides related to astronomy, natural history, biblical comics, etc. Many entrepreneurs tried to set the magic lamp as "fun of the night" by lending it with a slide like Mr. Bale. Some people rented with music and lecturers.

In addition, the method of setting up the magic lamp aircraft was also improved, initially being illuminated with candle light, but gradually, there is also a way to burn limestone in a bag containing hydrogen and oxygen to produce intense light It got to be taken. However, this is a very dangerous way, and several cases of explosions have been reported. For this reason Plunkett says that engineers are frequently called home to set up.

However, the screening of such a magic lamp was not an easy-to-do event. The rental of the magic lamp is expensive for the middle class, especially because it is expensive in the case of with an engineer. From a modern age where you can enjoy video content on a monthly basis at around 1,000 yen, it can be said that the video content has become easy to reach, as technology evolves over the years.