The Optical Magic Lantern Journal (January 1896)

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14 The Optical Magic Lantern Journal and Photographic Enlarger. shape. These, as per cut herewith, they make for various sizes of plates. Those whose province is to make and bind lantern slides will at once see the utility of such a contrivance, as the glass can be well cleaned ina very short space of time. TRANSPARENCY EASELS. The same firm have neat stand of metal, enamelled. It can be folded up to about half an inch in thickness, and when opened, presents the appearance as shown. The front portions are of dark green colour, and the reflector white, and the slide is inserted in an opening at the ’ when two oil lanterns are used, Mr. W. C. introduced a nice . Hughes, of Kingsland, has brought out the following stand, which is very effective, and which is capable of being closed up in very small compass. The lanterns stand side by side, but one is elevated above the other, and the top portion of the stand is fitted with a tilting table, which renders the coinciding of the discs a simple matter. DISSOLVING CARRIKL FOR SINGLE LANTERNS, This is also the product of Mr. Hughes’ brain, but the dissolving effect must, of course, be subject to the definitions of the word disso!ving, which each reader or user has a top. .As a table ornament |, it is particularly attractive |. for either lantern slides or | for transparencies up to | whole plates. It is wade |) in four sizes, viz., lantern | size, quarter, half and whole plate. Ol, LANTERN DISSOLVING STAND. Although many people may imagine that dissolving with oil lanterns is something of the past, it is by no meaus the fact. The light must, of course, be kept burning, and the dissolving is done ¢ ee by aserrated fan. To facilitate this, together with obtaining the perfect registration of the discs right to determine for himself. However, the ' slides are dropped in from above, so that for a moment two slides are within the rays of light, the first only being in focus. By the downward movement of the lever shown, the first slide is ' Suddenly raised out of sight, and immediately _ the second slide is forced into the place which the former occupied, thus bringing it immediately into focus. HELIOSCOVPIC LANTERN. During the last few months Mr. Walter Tyler, of Waterloo Road, has been remodelling WE A