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  The History of the Magic Lantern

  The History of the Magic Lantern

  Developed in the 17th century, the magic lantern allowed people to experience movie-like entertainment hundreds of years before cinema or photography existed.

  Christiaan Huygens, a Dutch astronomer, mathematician, and physicist in the 1650s, is credited with the invention of the magic lantern. H...

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  Coffee Mill Sharps - Civi War artifact

  Coffee Mill Sharps - Civi War artifact

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  Scythe & Reaper

  Scythe & Reaper

  Civil War Digital Digest has combined two of its popular episodes into in larger story. By adding new still images, video footage, and re-mastering the audio a more complete discussion is had about how the scythe was used in the Civil War era as well as the reaper which replaced it in many circum...