The sciopticon manual : explaining Marcy's new magic lantern, and light, including magic lantern optics, experiments, photographing and coloring slides, etc. (1874)
Marcy, L. J., author · Philadelphia : L.J. Marcy · leaf 169
gas from H. The lime, Lt in its holder, P, is let down the open chimney of the Sciopticon and held in place by the socket &, the elongated top of which serves as a guide to the stem, a rest for the lime cradle uy and a shield from the alcohol wick. The base-plate of the socket is pushed under the… … Fig . 41. loosely in its cradle, it, so that lifting the back with the thumb and finger half an inch or so, brings down to the jet a new but hot place in the lime. This operation is not hard on the fingers, because the move is so easily and quickly made, and at a place in the non-conducting lime…
Lantern projection · Slides (Photography)
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