epidiascopen.
/ɛpɪˈdʌɪəskəʊp/ A magic lantern made to project images of both opaque and transparent objects.
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magic lantern1696
Eidophusikona1800
epidiascope1903
diascope1937
rotoscope1938
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1903 Nature 19 Feb. 376/1 The epidiascope, a new optical lantern,..is primarily intended for the projection on the screen of opaque bodies, such as insects, coins, fossils, diagrams, &c., in their natural colours. It is equally serviceable for projection of transparent objects.
1927 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. Almanac 345 The Ica Hand Epidiascope.
1940 Geogr. Jrnl. 95 73 Being printed on one side only the plates are readily adaptable for wall illustration and use in the epidiascope.
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epidiaˈscopic adj.
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1907 Practitioner Dec. 860 An epidiascopic demonstration.
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