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WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE ‘‘LANTERN WORLD.”
Vol. 11.—No. 139.
_DECEMBER, 1900.
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Prominent Men in the “Lantern World. No. XX.—Mr. Alexander Gunn.. . a3 wo. 155 Shadowgram or Silhouette Slides._No. XX. = len 156 A Profitable Christmas and New Year's Occupation 158 Further Use of Reducers 159 Calcium Carbide at the Congr ess of ‘Applied ‘Chemistry’ 160 Ethics of Lanterndom .. da obs 162 The Optics of Trichromatic Photoztaphy we owe ne) New Apparatus’... .. .. .. a. athe Mise cde, tae OD Patent Intelligence en ee 167 Correspondence .. me eles: cota, Sot ave 168 Notes and Queries .. .. 1. 2. «. ee 168
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in Pre-Historic Times.---At
Civilisation the London Institution Prof. W. M. F. Petrie gave a lecture a short time ago on ‘‘ The Rise of
Egyptian Civilisation.” The lecture itself was full of matters of very great interest, and this was further enhanced by a series of photographs which were projected upon the screen. Mr. Petrie who has opened up over five thousand tombs in the course of his investigations and researches, explained that the tide of civilisation was at its flood in pre-historic times, and that it ebbed away before the advent of the dynasties. The professor traced the career of man back to about 7000 B.C.
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Fake or Trick Cinematograph Pictures.— On page 138 of last issue we made a few comments on what we termed ‘fake ’’ cinematograph pictures. Mr. Urban, the managing director of the Warwick Trading Company, Limited, calls us to task for using the word ‘‘fake” under the circumstances, and explains
| that the style of picture we described should