The book of the lantern : being a practical guide to the working of the optical (or magic) lantern : with full and precise directions for making and coloring lantern pictures (1889)
Hepworth, Thomas Cradock, -1905 · New York : E.L. Wilson · leaf 28
rs in giving the instrument its present popularity. The first lantern burning mineral oil, and called the Sciopticon, came to us from America. It was constructed on scientific principles, and was far in advance of anything of the kind before produced. Tt possessed good lenses and a powerful lamp,… … Fig. 3. had its faults. The front glass of the lamp was apt to break, and a dark vertical line was always seen upon the sheet — a line which was in reality the image of the dark space between the two wicks. By adding a central wick, and by making certain alterations in the ventilation of the lamp…
Lantern projection
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