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 175
165 SCIOPTICON MANUAL. A conical sheet-iron retort, b, about a foot high, with joints “up set*' and hammered close, is cheaper than the copper retort in common use; is handier, stands firmer, lasts longer, and can be new-bottomed by any tin¬ smith when burnt out. When new, the seams should be luted… … Fig. 43. The cap has the same bevel as the retort, tapering into a bent tube, the end of which is covered by the flexible tubing d. The gas when liberated by heat passes through this tubing, first down the long pipe into the water, near the bottom of the wash bottle e, then bub¬ bling up, washed…
Lantern projection · Slides (Photography)
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