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### [A casual history of moving lights](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2020/09/history-of-moving-lights)

 By [Rachel Frederick](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/rachel-frederick) 15-Sep-2020

Even before there was electricity, people were looking for ways to dim their stage lights. This sketch from 1650 shows the pulley mechanism used to lower cans over candles to dim the output from the flame. Technology has come a long way since this early sketch, but it’s clear that the ideas to...

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