projection

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display of liquid crystals

  • Liquid crystal arrangementsIn nematic arrangements the crystals are randomly positioned with all their long axes pointing in essentially the same direction, given by a vector known as the director. In smectic arrangements the crystals are further constrained to parallel planes; in smectic A the director is perpendicular to these planes, while in smectic C the director is at some other angle to the planes.
    In liquid crystal display: Projection displays

    The LCDs used in projection systems are typically small reflective or transmissive panels illuminated by a powerful arc lamp source. A series of lenses magnifies the reflected or transmitted image and casts it onto a screen. In front-projection systems the LCD is situated on the same side of the…

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role in motion-picture history

  • Eadweard Muybridge
    In motion-picture technology: History

    …Edison’s motion pictures were not projected. One viewer at a time could watch a film by looking through the eyepiece of a peep-show cabinet known as the Kinetoscope. This device was mechanically derived from the zoetrope in that the film was advanced by continuous movement, and action was “stopped” by…

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