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

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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 #:
000144
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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6CIOPTICON MANUAL. 135 CHAPTER X. Souk** to ww A PROCESS FOR DRAWING AND PAINTING MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES. The following process is given to assist persons who own a Sciopticon, to prepare for themselves a portion, at least, of the necessary transparencies, especially educa- tional illustrations. It has been our aim to simplify the whole matter as much as possible consistently with giv- ing such directions as are safe and practicable. It is true that there are some other colors and materials which can be used, but the list given below contains all that are necessary for the production of hand-made pictures, or for coloring photographs on glass in this style. LIST OF APPARATUS AND MATERIALS. Easel, Glass slab, Palette-knife, Sable pencils, Duster, Point for erasing, Hard black-lead pencil, Fine pen, Varnish, Nos. 1 and 2, Liq. India ink, Canada balsam, Siccatif, Tube of blue-black in oil, Tube of crimson lake in oil, Tube of Italian pink in oil, Tube of Prussian blue in oil, Tube of burnt sienna in oil, Ol. Turpentine, Glass, Mats, Binding-paper, Box for the above articles. For amateur work we very decidedly recommend that the pictures should be made on the 1-4 size of glass known to photographic stockdealers as " B. P. C." After the painting is finished and dry, it is only nec- essary to cover with a mat and another piece of the same glass, binding the edges with narrow strips of paper, to give us the form of the "Woodbury," or of the new " Crystal" slide. If the glass which we recommend is used, simply