The boy's own book of indoor games and recreations : a popular encyclopædia for boys (1890)
Stables, Gordon, 1840-1910, Hutchison, George Andrew, 1841-1913 · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 265
\ In the first place, thereis a magic-lantern; in the drawing it is of the lampascope pattern, in which, bymeans of openings at top and bottom fitted with a sheath, an ordinar)- lamp can beused, if necessary, insiead of the usual light, the chimney of the lamp being hidden … by the top scabbard, and the beam that would illuminate the room being checkedby the cap on the top of it. Any lantern can be altered so as to suit this arrange-ment, but the balance must be kept, and there must be no top-heaviness, so as toupset the lamp, and the under-sheath must be of the right…
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