The Optical Magic Lantern Journal (July 1892)

THE OPTICAL ; MAGIC LANTERN —— JOURNAL —— PHOTOGRAPH . HAY TAYLOR. EDITED BY J IC ENLARGER. Vol. 3.—No. 38. [stetisners tan. JULY 1, 1892. Price One Penny. CONTENTS. PAGE Notes idb) ee pee onde een sey 688 Ade ue ene a . 15 Hand-Cameras for Obtaining Slides for the [Lantern 76 An ‘Amateur Saturator and Jet 9... we see tee vs 77 Artistic Lantern Slides 0c. ee cee cee tee vee ree tee te eT Jottings on Lantern Manipulation... $1 Saturators and Patent Rights ... 83 Editorial Table ... 4. ne oe $5 Correspondence— The Life of a Gas Cylinder... . 86 A Free Gift to all Lanternists... . $b Illuminated Fountains... ... ... i te . 86 Notes and Queries Notices. THE Optical Magic Lantern Journal and Photographic Enlarger is issued on the Ist 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 2/60 cents, Single copies... -/1} ... -/2 6 y Advertisements (Scale of Charges), displayed :— s. d. Front and back pages, by arrangement. . Ordinary page (whole) ... ae we 3 00 ‘i » (half)... see we IT 15 0 7 »> (quarter) oe ww FT OO 93 » (eighth) sas 10 oO PA » per finchincolumn .., 60 ” ” a ae ” see 3 0 Special quotations for a series, EXCHANGE Column, General Wants, &c. (not Trade)— First 20 words, 6d.; and for every 3 additional words, 1d. 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. EDITORIAL communications must be addressed, The Editor; advertisements and business communications to Taylor Brothers, care of the Publishers, Dorset Works, Salis-ury Square, Fleet Street, London, E.C. American Agents :—The International News Co., 83 and 85, Duane Street, New York City. Notes. Many of our societies might take a lesson from the Detroit Lantern Club (U.S.A.). This society has only twelve members, yet, so enthusiastic are they, that they give a weekly entertainment for over a hundred visitors, and, at intervals, a ‘children’s evening ” is provided. ” * s Tue exhibition of the Photo Society of Great Britain will be held at sa, Pall Mall, from ‘September 24 to November 10. Exhibits, in| cluding pictures, negatives, transparencies, lantern slides, apparatus, and appliances, will under no circumstances be accepted after the evening of September 14. As usual, lantern slides will be projected by the society’s lantern. For this purpose the loan of slides is invited. These must reach the committee at least one week before the evening of their being shown in the lantern. ™ Sad ” Ir is stated that it has been decided in St. Pancras to supplyelectricity at threepence per unit, which is equivalent to gas at two shillings and sixpence to two shillings and ninepence per one thousand cubic feet. » * * On the 16th ult, a lecture was given at Stationers’ Hall, the subject being illustrated with lantern : slides. This is, we believe, the first time that the lantern has lent its aid at lectures at this institution. We may take it for granted that in time sermons in churches will be illustrated with the lantern, and that the church lanternist will be as important an individual as the organist. * * Tue fifth annual exhibition of the Photographic Society of India will be held at Calcutta in December. * * 2 _ THE usual cylinders for compressed gas in use in i America, are huge, boiler-like affairs compared to | the small steel cylinders employed in this country; but as the superiority of the latter has begun to :dawn on our Cousins, it is expected that they