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

Record Details:

Title:
The sciopticon manual, explaining lantern projection in general, and the sciopticon apparatus in paricular
Date:
1877
Publisher:
Philadelphia, J. A. Moore
Volume:
The sciopticon manual, explaining lantern projection in general, and the sciopticon apparatus in paricular
Leaf #:
00063
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
University of California Libraries
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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54 SCIOPTICON MANUAL. best advantage when the rest of the slide is made opaque, so that we may seem to lose sight of the screen, and see the figure standing out in open space. The circle, including Thorwaldsen's Night (Fig. 18), shows the size of the round glass, and also the appear- ance of one of the most popular slides of this class. A female figure is seen floating down to earth; around her forehead is a wreath of poppy, indicating sleep; in her arms are two sleeping children (Sleep and Death); and in their company is the symbolic owl. THE SLIP SLIDE. Pig. 19 represents a class of movable slides most in use for amusement; being cheap, easily operated, and in shape to pack with ordinary slides. In the slide represented, a peacock without a tail is painted on the immovable glass, and two tails are painted on the slip. Both glasses are blackened except where the picture is to show; when the slip is pushed in, the bird appears with a drooping tail; when the slip is drawn out, then you will see him spread. In some of these there is a slip each side of the fixed glass. In the popular slide called the rat-eater, a man