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

Record Details:

Title:
The sciopticon manual, explaining lantern projection in general, and the sciopticon apparatus in paricular
Date:
1877
Publisher:
Philadelphia, J. A. Moore
Volume:
The sciopticon manual, explaining lantern projection in general, and the sciopticon apparatus in paricular
Leaf #:
00070
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
University of California Libraries
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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SCIOPTICON MANUAL. CHAPTER Y. GLASS POSITIVES FOR THE MAGIC LANTERN, BY JOHN C. BROWNJC. FEW entertainments for the amusement of children, as well as persons of ntature years, give more real pleas- ure than exhibitions of the magic lantern. It is a never- ending source of pleasure, and doubly valuable to the disciple of photography, who by the aid of a few chem- icals and very simple apparatus, can prepare interesting slides of local interest that will delight the home circle, and fully repay the small expenditure of time required for their manufacture. Every photographer has among his negatives many subjects, both portrait and landscape, that when printed upon glass will prove effective pic- tures for exhibition. The object of this paper is to give in as few words as possible, plain directions for making positives on glass, suitable for the magic lantern. Either the wet or dry process can be used. The for- mer is more applicable in cases where it is necessary to reduce a negative to the proper sized positive required for the lantern. The dry method is used to advantage when the negative is of small size, and can be printed in contact. As all photographers are familiar with wet manipulations, we will consider that process first. The only apparatus actually required, is an ordinary camera and lens, placed upon a board six feet long, in front of which a negative is fastened. This negative is simply copied upon a sensitive collodion plate, that is