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

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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 #:
000212
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
University of California Libraries
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
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Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIOPTICON CATALOGUE. Where to Look for Explanations. The Sciopticon Manual (price, in full binding, 75 cents) will be forwarded gratis to purchasers of such apparatus needing explanation as is described therein, to which, therefore, reference may here be made, as follows :— For operating the Oil Sciopticon, see Manual, p. 33; or better, see inside the door of the Sciopticon case, which is usually purchased with the instrument, at the extra cost of three dollars. For peculiar arrangements and advantages of the Oil Sciopticou, and of the Gas Sciopticon, and how to secure the fullest advantages of both, see Manual, p. 170, and this Introduction, following. For Dissolving Views, see Manual, p. 39 ; Phantasma- goria, p. 45; Screen, p. 37; Producing Lantern Slides, pp. 61,135; Chemical Experiments, etc., p. 83. About Public Entertainments and Descriptive Lectures, see Manual, p. 94; and this Introduction, p. xxv. For operating the Lime Light, each of the three, see Manual, pp. 152, 153, 155, 162, 163; Adjusting the Jet to the Oil Sciopticon, p. 160 ; Arrangement of Lenses and Distances, p. 164; Dissolving Cock, p. 170; Automatic Cut-off, p. 167 ; Preparation of Oxygen Gas, p. 172; Prepa- ration of Hydrogen Gas, p. 174; Pressure Boards, p. 177; Gas Cylinders, p. 178; Multum in Parvo, p. 181 ; Gas Microscope, Zentmayer's Arrangement, p. 191; Sciopticon Kaleidoscope a Success, p. 197; Lime-light Polariscope, p. 18; Sciopticon Megascope, p. 195. iii