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A Look Back On The Past Of Pocket Projectors

During the mid 1600’s, projectors were already widely used by different people to convey information in the form of images and text. But the concerns about the actual root of the pocket projectors are still left to be discovered. The only hint that was left behind to the whereabouts of the pocket projector was the discovery of light reflection in the form of sunlight through a mirror. This was described by a specific highly-educated Jesuit scholar and Athansius Kircher. According to him, this could possibly be illustrated by means of a lens that reflects light ont a screen which was then referred to as as a magic lantern. And because he was the one particular who described and illustrated the stated invention, he definitely received credit for it.

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