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The Sciopticon manual : explaining lantern projections in general, and the Sciopticon apparatus in particular, including magic lantern attachments, experiments, novelties, colored and photo-transparencies, mechanical movements, etc. (1877)

Marcy, L. J. (Lorenzo J.) · Philadelphia : J.A. Moore · leaf 65

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ncy of tho effects it produces on the screen. There is nothing it resembles so much as the kaleidoscope, with the addition of constant motion and rapid change. It consists of two disks of glass, painted with an almost endless variety of geometrical and other designs in brilliant colors. By turning… … Fig. M. In another form the motion is accomplished by means of a double rack and pinion, instead of a band. As there are two disks, revolving one over tho other, each is necessarily furnished with a toothed rack, and the one pinion works both.

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