balopticon

[ba-lop-ti-kon, buh-]

noun

1. a type of stereopticon for projecting images of objects by reflected light.

Word History and Origins

Origin of balopticon¹

Formerly trademark

Example Sentences

Norman Rockwell “directed” scenes for his illustrations; a photographer took the picture and, with the help of a Balopticon projector, Rockwell traced and painted over the image.

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One day in 1949, he was visiting a friend who had a Balopticon projector; they enlarged several Kline sketches on the wall.

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