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THE OPTICAL
MAGIC LANTERN
JOURNAL ——
AND
PHOTOGRAPH
EDITED BY J.
IC ENLARGER.
HAY TAYLOR
[ Entered at Stationerg’ Hall.
Vol. 2.—No. 22.
MARCH 1, 1891.
Price One Penny.
CONTENTS. PAGE. PAGE, Notes ow. a ae ae ae 89° Experiences with the Ether Triple Lantern Condensers *... yO Oxygen Light
The _ Lantern-slide Makin Comments ... ... Editorial Table... Society Meetings ... ww. Correspondence. — Fluid in Gas
Cylinder—Griffiths’ Reduci ing Camera—A Mystery ... 93 Notes and Queries 2.0.
Lantern for Suffering Humanity... wo. OL and Cameras for Obtaining Slides afor the Lantern— No. 10, 0. ee ee OL ints on Enlarging... ... 1... 92
How I\,Became a Lanternist— |
Contents or No. 21.
Notes—Plain Photographs Projected in Colours—A Mystery—Hand Cameras for Obtaining{Slides for the Lantern (No. 9)—Hints on Enlarging —How I Became a Lanternist (No. II. — Editorial Table—Correspondence (Slides for Hospitals—Explosions) —Society Meetings—Notes and Queries.
Notices.
THE Opical Magic Lantern Journal and Photographic Enlarger is issued on the tst of every month, price One Penny, and may be obtained from all Newsvendors, Railway
News Stalls. Photographic Dealers, or from the Publishers, !
at the following rates, post free :—
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Editorial communications must be addressed, The Editor ; advertisements and business communications to Taylor Brothers, care of the Publishers, Dorset Works, Salistrry Square, Fleet Street, London, E.C.
American Agents :—The International News Co., 83 and 85, Duane Street, New York City.
Notes.
ONE of the latest adjuncts to the outfit of a lan
i ternist is said to be a luminous crayon, by which
diagrams may be drawn on a black board ina
darkened room, soas to be visible to the audience. s ” ?
Ir is reported that M. Lippman (Paris) has made advances in colour photography, and that by his system, colours throughout the whole range of the spectrum can be reproduced on a sensitive plate, just as accurately as outline and, | shadow are pictured by the present photographic
negatives.
* * *
Durinc the past autumn the Temperance Van Mission have held a number of open-air lantern ‘exhibitions in towns in the south of England. The results have been so successful that several additional vans are to be sent out next season. «a bazaar in support of the scheme is to be held ‘during July at the Holborn Town Hall (London).
A YANKEE chimney sweep is saidtodoa thriving business by advertising with atriple lantern. On a screen he projects a picture of a room and frre: place (labelled, before sweeping) ; smoke and | flame issue from the fire. After a while the same | view, with a comfortable fire burning, is pro‘jected (labelled, after being swept by ). 2 s >
We learn from a local contemporary that Mr. W. Stock’s new oil lamp has been introduced, although we have not yet had an Opportunity of seeing it. The South Eastern Advertiser (Rye) speaks in high terms of it, and describes it as ‘his newly invented powerful (provisionally | patented) orl optical lamp—egual to the line “ight.” Our correspondents who have lately been inquiring about improving oil lamps will ' doubtless be glad to hear of this. * z
Me. F. H. Smit, 107, Falcon-road, Clapham Junction, has been appointed hon. sec. of the West Surrey Amateur Photographic Society, in place of Mr. G. H. James, resigned,