Origin of ML project name? 17th century?

[l_d_allan]

from Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_lantern
> "The magic lantern or Laterna Magica is an early type of image projector developed in the 17th century"

And from the blog of LensRental's Roger C. MD:
http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2013/12/iceland-spar-the-rock-that-discovered-optics#more-16570
> "There were even early attempts to use Iceland spar to create 3-D imaging. In 1894, a British physicist named John Anderton patented a system that would project paired images through magic lanterns each equipped with Nicol prism polarizers in different orientations. "