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Vol. 8.—-No. 92.
JANUARY, 1897.
DOUBLE NUMBER,
Price 20., Post-frce gid.
CONTENTS.
Notes... 6. oe ce ee ee ween Lantern Slides in Natural Colours .. .. 2. ee ee te eet Prominent Men in the Lantern World. No.I(I.—Mr. D. W. Noakes The Electric Light in the Optical Lantem.—No, III... -. -. +: Acetylene in Practical Use... .. -. +. + e
The Lanternist’s Practical Cyclopedia.—No. III...
Suggested Form of Quick-Acting Carrier... .. .. «+
The Invention and Devel pment of the Optical Lantern
Slides.—No. III. Pee ee ee ee ee ee
Toning Lantern Slides hy tte Biv, Meee aie. fair een oe ak, Ries 18 How to keep Film Slides Flat during Exhibition... ©. .. .. .. 18 How I made my First Generator for Acctylene Gas .. .. --14 The Royal Photographic Society... + ee ce ee ee ee 16 Arcbitecture as a Subject for Lantern Slides—No. III. .. «. 17 | New Apparatus... .. -ee ee ee ‘ 1
Notes and Queriee .. .. .. «ne oe te i. iF Be 7 “19 Editorial Table Correspondence
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Index.—With this number is issued the index
| for the past yearly volume of this journal.
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Accumulators.—The inventor of the} Firm Lantern Stand, descrided in our last number, writes to state that he expects shortly to have
a set of accumulators weighing not more than
60 lbs., which will run a small are lamp for
about ninety minutes, I think (he says) lantern
workers would rather use electric light even
when difference of weight between cylinders and | battery is considered. ' could be charged for sixpence, and would thus
A set of accumulators
be cheaper than oxygen.
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Stereoscopic Animated Photographs in Colour.—It is rumoured that Mr. Friese Greene
iis perfecting an apparatus which will show
on the screen, not only what are termed animated photographs, but also in the colours of nature, and with stereoscopic effect.