panto-sciostereoscopticon

Updated: June 25, 2025

But what have you here a magic lantern?" The old gentleman had, before Edwards's arrival, taken down the instrument to introduce some improvement which he had just invented. When Edwards stumbled over it and called it a magic lantern he looked at him scornfully. "A magic lantern!" he cried. "No, sir; that is a dissolving view, oxy-calcium, panto-sciostereoscopticon."

Edward Eggleston - Duffels