Data sources for Lucerna
The content of the Lucerna database is drawn from too many sources to list individually, but some of the major ones are:
A few of the most useful reference books and other texts
David Robinson, Stephen Herbert, Richard Crangle and Magic Lantern Society, Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: 2001)
Walter D. Welford, Henry Sturmey and Iliffe & Son, The 'indispensable handbook' to the optical lantern: a complete cyclopaedia on the subject of optical lanterns, slides, and accessory apparatus (London: 1888)
Hermann Hecht, Ann Hecht and Bowker-Saur, Pre-cinema history: an encyclopaedia and annotated bibliography of the moving image before 1896 (London: 1993)
Zwemmer and Gloria Clifton, Directory of British scientific instrument makers 1550-1851 (London: 1995)
Dennis Crompton, David Henry, Stephen Herbert and Magic Lantern Society, Magic images: the art of hand-painted and photographic lantern slides (London: 1990)
Lantern reading: Dresden und die Sächsische Schweiz
Slide showing scenic view in Ireland
