Lantern slides, how to make and color them (1897)

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16 (c) Period of time the plate is in the developer. (d ) The mental state of yourself. Have all things clean—darkroom, apparatus, plates and solutions, and especially your hands. Don't be in a hurry ; if you haven't time enough to make a good slide, it is better not to make any. REQUISITES FOR THE " CONTACT METHOD." 1. A controllable source of actinic light. 2. A means of measuring the time of ex- posure. 3. A lamp which yields non-actinic light. 4. Lantern slide plates. 5. A printing frame. 6. Trays for the various operations. 7. A camel's-hair duster. 8. A measuring glass, or graduate. 9. A glass funnel. 10. Absorbent cotton. 11. A means of washing the plates. 12. A plate rack. 13. A ^-inch flat camel's-hair brush for the red prussiate of potash solution. 14. Lantern-slide mats. 15. Gummed strip of paper for binding the finished slides. CHEMICALS REQUIRED. 1. Developer. 2. Potassium bromide. 3. A bottle of acid sulphite of soda.