The sciopticon manual, explaining lantern projection in general, and the sciopticon apparatus in paricular (1877)

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SCIOPTICON MANUAL. CHAPTEK I. THE CAMERA OBSCVBA. A picture formed by rays of light from the several parts of an object as seen at A (Fig. 1), is called an image; and the cham- ber in which it is formed, and from which all light is ex- cluded, except what enters a small hole as at S, is called a camera obscura. This dark chamber claims attention here because its properties, which are common to the eye, the Sciopticon, and all forms of the camera, are seen on a broad scale, and may be readily verified by inexpensive experiments. To avoid confusion the pencils of light are represented in Fig. 1 without marginal rays need- ing to be focused by a convex lens. Explaining the fol- lowing properties in connection with a diagram without 2 1.