Dates back too far to know.
in china
It is believed that the Chinese first invented lanterns.So it is called Chinese lantern.
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'The Magic Lantern was the forerunner of the modern slide projector. However, researchers do not know who invented the first one. In 1676, a type of Magic Lantern called the Sturm Lantern was invented and it may have been one of the first. The first lantern slide producers made their slides using albumen-coated plates and, after a short period, switched to wet-collodion plates. The introduction of dry plate processes, as well as mass-produced lantern slide kits, made the slides easier for amateur photographers to produce and also made them more accessible to schools and universities.'
He invented the time candle & the lantern.
"Lantern" is found in the Bible (John), so it is at least that old. However, "lamps" lit with olive oil - also used for the lantern in Christ's time - can be found as far back as Exodus 27 in the Jewish Tanakh (Bible OT), which would date it circa 1445 BCE.
Yes, lantern is pronounced lan-tern, with the emphasis on the first syllable.
The term Jack of the Lantern first appeared in print in 1750 and referred to a night watchman or a man carrying a lantern.
It is actually well known that the lantern's inventor is untraceable do to the fact of wide lantern usage throughout the world and throughout history. The Chinese used to catch fireflies to put in a lantern temporarily. It is because of the many versions, wide usage history, and diversity that give the lantern an untraceable inventor.
The character of Green Lantern was created by writer Bill Finger and artist Martin Nodell in All-American Comics #16 (July 1940) .
Green Lantern debuted in All All-American Comics # 16 July 1940 .
The first slideshow was invented in the 17th century by Athanasius Kircher, a German scholar and inventor. He created a device called the Magic Lantern to project hand-painted images onto a wall or screen.