The Optical Magic Lantern Journal (February 1896)

THE OPTICAL MAGIC LANTERN ——__ * JOURNAL AND PHOTOGRAPHIC ENLARGER. EDITED BY J. HAY TAYLOR. Entered at Stationers’ Hall Vol. '7.—-No. 81. FEB,, 1896. Double No., Price 2d. CONTENTS. PAGE | Notod., 65 ce ce ee te eee 17 | People Photographed as Skeletons .. 19 The Late Mr. E.G. Wood .. . .. «. se ee 20 Adapting Miniature Slides to a Full-sized Lantern 20 American Politica and the Lantern... .. .. .«21 Stereoscopic Projection on the Screen .. 21 Btereoscopic Projection ie ae eee 22 | Stereoscopic Effects on the Lantern Screen. . 23 Making a Dissolving Tap .. .. .. «. 24 Hitches 6. 6. ee we ee eee 26 Slides without Mat Oover or Binding 27 Oil Lights Sign $a ae glare? tees aig as 6 27 | Collodio-Bromide for Transparencies .. .. .. .. 28 | Topical Notes .. .. «2 «. Jl Editorial Table 34 Vertical Attachment . $1 Patent Intelligence. . 2. 35 Registering Dises .. -. 33 | Correspondence .. .. .35 New Apparatus .. S4 Notes and Queries .. 36 Notices. Tue Optical Magic Lantern Journal and Photographic Enlarger is issued on the 1st of every month, price One Penny, and may be obtained from all Newavendors, Railway News Stalls, Photographic Dealers, or from the Publishers, at the following rates, post free :— United States. 75 cents. 8 12 months oe ee Single copies .. .. 26. 24d... ” Advertisements (Scale of Charges), displayed :— £ 3s. d. Front and back pages, by arrangement. Ordinary page (whole).. os 3 00 a » (half) .. .. .. 115 0 3 » (quarter) — se . 100 a » (eighth) -010 0 vi » perlinchincolumn.. 0 6 0 ” ” ” 4 ” ” -030 Excuance Column, General Wants, &c. (not Trade)— First 20 words, 6d.; words, ld. SMALL ADVERTISEMENTS must reach the office not later than the first post on the 24th of each month. All cheques and postal orders to be made payable to the Magic Lantern Journal Company, Limited. EpITORIAL communications must be addressed, J. HAY TAYLOR. Advertisements and business communications to the Magic Lantern Journal wo Limited, 56, Chancery Lane, London, and 85, Duane Street, New York City. Notes. WE have in type an interesting article by Mr. J. J. Briginshaw on “ Polarized Light” in connection with the lantern, which has been crowded out of this issue. a Jupaine from the number of reports of various Christmas lantern entertainments that have lately reached us, it may safely be said that at no similar time of any past season have so many lantern exhibitions been given in small out-ofthe-way villages as have been given during the past few weeks. * Tur Church Defence Institution, 9, Bridge Street, Westminster, have set to work to arrange a lantern lecture department. We learn that the minimum charge for the hire of a set of slides for one day will be 5s., plus 2s. 6d. for carriage. * 4 a THERE is a well-known story of an artist of standing who, when he had finished a painting of a pig eating, happened to ask a rustic, who was looking on, if he had any fault to find with it, when the latter simply asked—-whoever saw a pig eating without putting at least one foot in f bobs | often gains information. ee ey eee village in the south of England the well-known the trough—so from unsuspected sources one A short time ago in a slide of the carol singers was shown on the screen. In this slide there is a view of the front of a house, carol singers come upon the scene, the blind of the parlour is pulled up, disclosing a family party. The blind then goes down, and the next picture is projected. In the case referred to one of the audience called out, ‘What a mean family; they have not even iven the singers a penny.” A very little American Agents:—The International News Co., 83 ; addition to this slide would greatly enhance its , effect, and one of the singers could be made to