The sciopticon manual, explaining lantern projection in general, and the sciopticon apparatus in paricular (1877)

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Vlll CONTENTS OF MANUAL. The Slip Slide 54 The Lever Slide 55 Revolving Figures 55 The Chromatrope 66 Eidrot ope 57 Moving Waters 57 Long Slides 68 Dioramic Painting, with Mov- ing Figures 58 The Ghost 58 The Tank 59 Precautions about Slides 60 CHAPTER V. PHOTOGRAPHY. Glass Positives for the Magic Lantern 61 The Camera 62 Solutions The Negative 64 The Lens 65 Dry Plate Process 67 Collodio-Chloiide Process 71 Marcy's Photographic Print- ing Apparatus 72 Sciopticon Process 74 Woodbury Photo-Relief Slides. 76 CHAPTER VI. COLORING SLIDES. Water Colors, etc 78 Easel Brushes, etc 79 Statuary 82 Silhouettes, Natural Objects, etc 82 CHAPTER VII. CHEMICAL EXPERIMENTS. Tank and Pipette 84 Chemical Reactions 85 Crystallizations 86 Miscellaneous Experiments... 87 CHAPTER VIII. DESCRIPTIVE LECTURES. Bible Pictures... .... 95 PA8B Sunday-school Pictures 97 Extracts 98 Bible Lands 103 Egypt 110 Views of interest in all parts of the World 119 Nursery Tales 119 Composition Pirturts 121 8 tat ua ry 122 Movable Slides 123 Scientific Slides 123 CHAPTER IX. THE SCIOPTICON AND ITS USES. Description of the Sciopticon, 125 Magic Lantern, from 1650 to 1870 126 Traveling by Magic 128 Sciopticon for Sunday-schools, 130 Science at Home 130 Various Experiments 132 CHAPTER X. THE TEACHER HIS OWN ARTIST. A Process of Drawing and Painting Magic Lantern Slides 135 List of Apparatus and Mate- rials 135 A New Copying Camera 139 Diaphanie 141 Enamel Slides 142 Prepared Glass 142 Sample of Size and Shape 143 CHAPTER XI. NOVELTIES. Chimney Cap 144 Sciopticon Curtain 144 Tinters 145 New Slide Stop 145 A New Departure 14G Eidrotrope HO Wheel of Life 147 Danciug Skeleton 147 Dance of the Witches !•<« Effect Slides 149