The Optical Magic Lantern Journal (September 1897)

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The Optical Magic Lantern Journal and Photographic Enlarger. xix. ANIMATED Living Pictures. Splendid i results, Before f HM ic il HUGHES’ | M070 i J PHOTOSCOPE, New Model. New Pattern. No shutter, therefore no flickering, which eclipses all others in the world for beauty and showing the photographs. Pattern MOTO PHOTOSCOPE PHOTOGRAPHS, » S# : Picture Wi) purchasing see | HUGHES’ New | Will show pretty art pictures alternately with the : Animated Photographs, so there is no waiting between the subjects exhibited. HUGHES’ New Pattern MOTO PHOTOSCOPE Has greater facilities for removing and replacing the films, which with the above are very great advantages. HUGHES’ New Pattern MOTO PHOTOSCOPE Having no shutter, therefore no flickering, as in the case of other machines, which is an infliction producing eyesache amd headache. The public are fast becoming tired of the flickering shadows continuously cast over the living pictures. HUGHES’ New Pattern MOTO PHOTOSCOPE Ts now the most perfect piece of mechanism extant, most beautifully constructed. Nothing to get out of order. A picture up to 16 feet can be produced with Mr. Hughes’ special limelight jet and lenses, etc. It has been exhibited in public, and each picture was applauded unanimously. The people saw the difference between the flickering shadows, and it was a real treat. Owing to the perfect balance of the rotary movement there is no vibration. This is a good machine and the HUGHES’ Moto Bijou Loing Can be used either as a Camera, a Projectoy, a Printing Machine, or a Hand Camera. Simplicity and Perfection. WEIGHS ONLY 6 LBS. Measures 74 x 72 x 4}. Amateurs and Exhibitors can now take their subjects on the latest and most approved principles. The mechanism is superb, constructed of best gun metal and steel. See it before purchasing, or you will be disappointed. The only reliable and perfect Camera on the market. Having an entirely new movement, and perfectly balanced parts, it runs easily, smoothly, and silently. An adjustable focal plane shutter is also used; therefore, exposures from 34; to a4 part of a second can be obtained. Beware of some of the cheap made unscientifically constructed cameras on the market. They are dear at any price. The Gem Bijou Camera guaranteed to do its work more perfectly than any other. PRICE £15; ditto, 24 inch Films, 35; ditto, 3 inch Films, £56, Illustrated Particulars Free. SOOHSH OES ESEDESEEES MAGIC LANTERNS. M?: HUGHES has the Grandest Display of High-Class Projecting Lanterns, Effects, ete., the world has ever seen. Triples, Prize Medal. The Docwra, the Grand, and Miniature Malden, superb instruments as supplied to Madame Adelina Patti, Colin Docwra, Esq., Professor Malden, Capt. Chas. ' Reade, R.N., the Royal Polytechnic, etc.; unequalled best for results, and must not be classified with other | cheap slim constructions or unwieldy, clumsy apparatus. Have no other if you want to please an audience. Illustrated particulars, post free, 2d. NOTE.—The pictures can be passed through so fast that the movement is undiscernible on the screen. No other machine can do this. PRICE.—No. 1, £385 10s. complete with high-class Lantern, lined with asbestos, and Powerful Jet; No. 2, £24 10s. Without. Lantern—No. 1, £27; No. 2, £20. Ditto, for 24 inch Films, 65; 3 inch, £95. MACNIFIGENT FILM OF THE JUBILEE PROCESSION, Price £4 12s, results. Grandly illustrated catalogues, 170 original engravings, 6d., postage 38d.; an elegant volume, worth possessing. Pamphlets free. Finest oil THE MARVELLOUS PAMPHENGOS. {725%2'5 Lantern extant, brilliant 12 feet pictures; no smell, no smoke, no broken glasses ; great improvement ; high ’ class lenses, with 434 inch condensers and long focus lenses, loose light on the screen where oil is the illuminant ; ’ particulars free. The Universal 4-wick Lantern, 18s. 6d. ; i t Mahogany Bi-unials, £6 10s. ; Blow-through Jets, 8s. 6d. ; Mixed ditto, 12s, Cheapest and Best in England. Hundreds of Special Films, ali Subjects. LISTS FREE. A GREAT SUCCESS.— PROF. MALDEN, F.RGS., says: “A Great Success. The Machine works admirably, and brought down uproarious applause. The people with one accord say it is the best they have ever seen.” Large Numbers of Testimonials can be seen. aaa ed, Powe aa, W. CG. HUGHES, Specialist in Optical Projection, Brewster House, 82, Mortimer Road, Kingsland, N.