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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 346 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PHANTASMAGORIA , a name invented by a certain Philipstal in 1802 (from Gr. ~&vrav sa, phantasm, apparition; and ayopa, See also:

ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly) for a show or See also:

EXHIBITION

exhibition of See also:

OPTICAL

optical illusions produced by means of the projecting See also:

LANTERN (an adaptation of the Fr. lanterne from Lat. lanterna or laterna, supposed to be from Gr. Aa urritp, a torch or lamp, Aaµaew, to shine, cf. " lamp "; the 16th- and 17th-century form " lanthorn " is due to a mistaken derivation from " horn," as a m

lantern (q.v.). The word has since been applied to any rapidly or strikingly changing See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene, and especially to a disordered or fantastic scene or picture of the See also:

IMAGINATION

imagination.

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