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Magic Shadows

by Martin Quigley Jr.

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  1. 1Foreword
  2. 2Introduction
  3. 3It Started With “A”
  4. 4II — Friar Bacon’s Magic
  5. 5III — Da Vinci’s Camera
  6. 6IV — Porta, First Screen Showman
  7. 7V — Kepler and the Stars
  8. 8VI — Kircher’s 100th Art
  9. 9VII — Popularizing Kircher’s Projector
  10. 10VIII — Musschenbroek and Motion
  11. 11IX — Phantasmagoria
  12. 12X — Dr. Paris’ Toy
  13. 13XI — Plateau Creates Motion Pictures
  14. 14XII — The Baron’s Projector
  15. 15XIII — The Langenheims of Philadelphia
  16. 16XIV — Marey and Movement
  17. 17XV — Edison’s Peep-Show
  18. 18XVI — First Steps
  19. 19XVII — World Premieres
  20. 20Appendix I — Magic Shadows — A Descriptive Chronology
  21. 21Appendix II — Bibliography and Acknowledgements
  22. 22Chapter I — Aristotle
  23. 23Chapter II
  24. 24Chapter III
  25. 25Chapter IV
  26. 26Chapter V
  27. 27Chapter VI
  28. 28Chapter VII
  29. 29Chapter VIII
  30. 30Chapter X
  31. 31Chapter XI
  32. 32Chapter XII
  33. 33Chapter XIII
  34. 34Chapter XIV
  35. 35Chapter XV
  36. 36Chapter XVI

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