The Optical Magic Lantern Journal (December 1893)

THE OPTICAL MAGIC LANTERN = JOURNAL AND PHOTOGRAPHIC ENLARGER. EDITED BY J. HAY TAYLOR. Vol. 4.—-No. 55. (Siac Hall DEC. 1, 1893. Price One Penny. PAGE NOteOss) ose: oda we. as) eid Se uie, Cee ia. Jel) Sd as) ee, ey, TSE: Cylinder Explosion .. 6. wk ck ee ce ee ee ee eee 189 Story of Safety Jet Sap cae caiey ascent SAG Whe" ee. ot Ae OOK d Gelatino-Primuline Lantern Slides.. .. .. .. «2 .. ee 190 j New Apparatus,&c. .. w. we eee eee ee we eee 19 | Experimente on Stereoscopic )fiects with the Lantern .. .. .. 195 The Use of Cameras in Winter... .. -. 0. 0. ee we ee ee 1M A Stereoscopic Lantern Slide Printing Frame .. .. .. .. .. 198 ‘The Lanternist’s Den.—No. x... 6. 6. ue we ee ee wee 199 The Electric Are Lamp and the Lantern.. .. -. «eee ee) ee 201 j The Essence of Wisdom Triple Distilled de se we ee QOS Editorial Table: css see owes ae 2o-/4%, See a ca ee os 6 BOE Oorrespondence .. .. we wk ee we we ee we ee ee 204 Notes and Queries shah, “swiss. Mapsd Mal saiay Tats, sae dele: Uae ul 2G 206 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 :— United States. 12 months ie ie Ope 60 cents. Single copies .. .. -/2 eee. .astd 6 ,, Advertisements (Scale of Charges), displayed :— £. Sade Front and back pages, by arrangement. Ordinary page (whole).. se -38 0 0 55 » (half) .. ae -115 0 6 » (quarter) re ws 2 8 6 » (eighth) oe at 10 0 “3 », per linchincolumn.. 6 0 non ” 3 0 ” ” Special quotations for a series. Excaance 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, J. Hay Tartor. Advertisements and business communications to Taylor Brothers, 56, Chancery Lane, London, W.C. American Agents :—The International News Co., 83 and 85, Duane Street, New York City. NOTICE. Many CorreEsPonDENTS STILL FORWARD THEIR COMMUNICATIONS TO THE OxLp ADDRESS. WILL THEY PLEASE NOTE THAT Our AppRESS IS 56, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON, W.C. Notes. A CORRESPONDENT suggests that aluminium would be an excellent material for the manufacture of cylinders for compressed gas, as it possesses great strength as well as lightness. Mr. R. Scort recentlyengaged a large hall at Cardiff to give a lantern service combined with selections of sacred music, with the intention of attracting from the streets those who did not attend any place of worship. As the cost of advertising this had been several pounds, Mr. Scott thought to partly recoup himself for this outlay by making a nominal charge at the doors; the charges being from one penny to fourpence. The entertainment was, however, stopped by the threatened prosecution by a local society, under an unrepealed law passed 125 years ago. Mr. Scott, writing to a local paper, says :— “‘ The question is, are we to be?’governed by the bigotry and non-wisdom of 125 years ago? In the face of the threatened prosecution I did not give the lantern service; thus disappointing a goodly number of the public who came, expecting faith would be kept according to the announcement bill.” * x xt THe Beverley Photo Society has arranged to give nine popular lectures, with the lantern. The subjects will be: —A Talk on Norway, Cathedrals and Abbeys, Rambles in Belgium, Gothic Architecture, Tour in South of England, Botanical Life, Art. and Commerce, English River Scenery, a Night with Dickens. Many lantern slides have a special beauty imparted to them by inserting in the lantern a