Johann Zahn, Light Projection Apparatus, 1685

Three vignettes demonstrating light projection apparatus. Johann Zahn (March 29, 1641 - June 27, 1707) was a German monk and author of Oculus Artificialis Teledioptricus Sive Telescopium (1685) which contains descriptions, diagrams, illustrations and sketches of both the camera obscura and magic lantern, along with various other lanterns, slides, projection types, peepshow boxes, microscopes, telescopes, reflectors, and lenses. The first camera that was small and portable enough to be practical for photography was envisioned by Zahn in 1685, but it would be almost 150 years before technology caught up to where this was possible to build

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