The Optical Magic Lantern Journal (July 1891)

THE OPTICAL MAGIC LANTERN JOURNAL —— PHOTOGRAPH EDITED BY J. AND IC ENLARGER. HAY TAYLOR. Vol. 2.—No. 26. [stationars iran. | JULY 1, 1891. Price One Penny. CONTENTS. PAGE, PAGE NOteSics. ei. hese ted Suda. ee 85 How [ became a Lanternist Inside a Segulator—No. 2... 126 —V. ae ee #4 (Ge) WES Hand-Cameras for Obtaining An Clluminated Fountain, and Slides for the Lantern— how to make it 1238 No. ld... 127 ee. Gas, Beae “ae Colouring Lantern Slides— My Experience with the No. 1 see vee 180 Oxygen-Ether Light and Useful Hints for Operators .. 130 Scott's Benzoline Saturator 127 | Editorial ‘lable a Wi A} Mixing Jet—Oxygen for Correspondence a LS Bottle — and Hydrogen Notes anc Queries. « 182 (House Gas) from the matn, 127 Contents or No, 25, -Notes—Inside a Regulator—Hand-Cameras for Obtaining Slides for the Lantern (No. 13)—Experiences in India with the Ether-Oxygen Light—Experiences with Scott's Warm Air Saturator—The Optics of the Lantern ~Edlitorial ‘Cable—Society Meetings—Correspondence (Magazine Hand-Cameras—Exchange of Lantern Slides— Cardiff Exhibition)— Notes and Queries. Notices. THE Optical Afagic Lantern Journal and Pholographic 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 :— Continental. United States. 12 months 1/6 2/oe 60 cents. Single copies... -/14 -/2 6, . Advertisements (Scale of Charges), displayed :— s. d. Front and back pages, by arrangement. ‘: Ordinary page, facing matter(whole) ... 3 0 0 Pr ra Chalf) ri5 0 7 4 (quarter)... I 0 0 + “ Rid (eighth) ... 10 Oo 3 + per rinch in column ... 6 0 ” ’ ” 4 ” 7 see 3 0 Special quotations for a series. I ‘Exchange Column, General Wants, &c. (not Trade)— First 20 words, 6d.; and for every 3 additional words, rd. Advertisements must reach the office not later than the ! 24th of each month. All cheques and postal orders to be | made payable to Taylor Brothers. i Editorial communications must be addressed, The Editor; ' advertisements and business communications: to Taylor | Brothers, care of the Publishers, Dorset Works, Salisbury | Square, Fleet Street, London, E.C. American Agents :—The International News Co., 83 and $5, Duane Street, New York City. ; will include three Sections: A, Professionals; B Notes. Tue Photographic Convention will meet at Bath on the 6th inst.; Mr. Wm. Bedford president. One of the many features of the opening meeting will be the exhibition of lantern slides from negatives takcn by members at the outings of last Convention. * ¥ * _A rine of 40s. and 2s. costs was recently imposed on Mr. Herrick, Regent Strect, W., for causing an obstruction in Clapham. Je had a fourwheeled car on a piece of waste land in High Street, adjoining the public footway, and was exhibiting, by means of a magic lantern, heads of females with a luxuriant growth of hair— advertisements for a spccific, * » ® i An International Photographic Exhibition will be held in Amsterdam during Sept. and Oct. It Amateurs; C, Apparatus, &c. We observe that lantern slides are open to amateurs only (Sec. B, No. 5). Full particulars may be obtained from the Secretary, Mr. Charles J. Schuver, P. C. Hooftstraat 72, Amsterdam. x « ad In our issue of Dec. 1 we gave a description of Messrs. Swinden and Earp’s Hand-Camera ; since then this firm have made a small alteration in the changing mechanism, whercby either plates in sheaths, or paper-backed plates can be used as ‘required. This desirable alteration can be effected iat small cost to any of their cameras made previous to the introduction of this improve ment. * * * “THE Rate of Explosion in Gases? was demonstrated a few weeks ago at the Royal Institution by Prof. Harold Dixon, when an _ interesting experiment was shown. A tube, 65 yards long, was hung round the theatre, and a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen prepared outside, admitted to the tube till it was filled, and then fired. The two ends of the tube were on the lecture table, _and the equition of the one end and the puff