Modern magic lanterns; a guide to the management of the optical lantern (1900)

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THE LANTBEN-MICEOSCOPS, 101 jet to be at different distances to yield the brightest images. Great care rmist also be exercised to keep the centres of the whole of the apparatus, jet, condensers, and objective in a perfectly straight line. When these various points have received attention it will be found that a large number of objects, parts of insects, sections of wood of different kinds, vegetable and animal tissues, etc., can be easily shown on such a scale as to be seen well by a la,rge roomful of people. A more elaborate form of lantern microscope is that shown in Kg. 73. "With this instrument far more can be Fig. 78. The Lantern Microscope. done than that to which we have alluded, but for details as to its manipulation larger works must be consulted.