stereopticonn.
/stɛriːˈɒptɪkən/ A double magic lantern arranged to combine two images of the same object or scene upon a screen, so as to produce the appearance of solidity as in a stereoscope; also used to cause the image of one object or scene to pass gradually into that of another with dissolving effect. Also attributive.
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lucernal microscope1743
megascope1831
oxyhydrogen microscope1839
physioscope1844
aphengescope1869
sciopticon1870
stereopticon1875
anarithmoscope1882
tri-unial1891
triple1892
episcope1909
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2376.
1878 E. W. Clark Life & Adventure Japan 171 The fame of the stereopticon reached the palace.
1878 E. W. Clark Life & Adventure Japan 171 Splendid stereopticon pictures.
1878 E. W. Clark Life & Adventure Japan 178 After the stereopticon entertainment.
1894 Outing Sept. 449/1 The stately Nelson Column,..just as I had seen it projected by a stereopticon lantern fifteen years before.
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