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 #:
00064
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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SCIOPTICON MANUAL. 55 reclining on a bed is painted on the fixed glass, a lower jaw on one slip, which works up and down, and a rat on the other, which, as the slip is drawn, has the appearance of running down the man's throat. With the Sciopticon, the operator has hold of a slip with each hand, so he can jerk the rat back with a sudden move- ment of the forefinger, when he is all ready to make his appearance again as a new individual. In politics he might be called a "repeater." THE LEVER SLIDE. Fig. 20 represents another popular, but a more expen- sive, mechanical effect. The horse having approached the water with his head up, the lever to the right is raised, and the horse is "made to drink" (the old adage to the contrary notwithstanding). The head and neck Fig. ยป0. being painted on the glass moved by the lever, works up and down as on a pivot at the shoulders. REVOLTING FIGURES. A movable disk corresponding to the one moved by the lever in Fig. 20, may be revolved by means of a rack and pinion; of this class is a variety of chromatropes,