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stereopticon (stĕrēŏp`tĭkən), optical projection instrument making multiple use of the magic lantern. The magic lantern uses lenses to throw on a screen a magnified image from a transparent slide or from an opaque object such as a photograph or the page of a book. The stereopticon combines two or three magic lanterns to focus, in the same area of light on the screen or wall, dissolving views or combinations of images. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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When Moon Shadow encounters the Whitlaws' stereopticon, for example, he tells the reader, "it seemed as if I were suddenly in another world" (106), as indeed he is, in more ways than one. Like clearcut stereopticon slides, I saw twelve scenes flash before me, each one held until I had seen it well in every detail, and then be replaced by another. The spectacle, which is given an old-fangled, stereopticon cast by lighting designer Paul Palazzo, grows bigger as the siblings' imaginative quest enlarges from naturalism to fantasy. |
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