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LIBRARIES
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T. H. McALLISTER, Manufacturing Optician, 49 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK.
BTJLLETINnN'o. 4.
February, 1887.
On account of the impossibilitjr of giving proper notice in our Catalogues of the many additions our stock is constantly receiving, both in new forms of apparatus, and in the assortment of attractive views, we have decided to issue a "Bulletin " with each edition of our Catalogue, in which will be noted all Novelties received since the preceding issue; as well as more extended lists of many classes of views than the limits of the Catalogue admit of being fully noted therein.
Jg^WE WILL BE PLEASED TO MAIL THE BULLETIN AND OUR COMPLETE
CATALOGUE to any of our correspondents who desire it. VIEWS OF LONDON.
Our assortment of Views in London is now so large that it warrants a better display than we are able to give it in our Catalogue. We therefore present in this number of The Bulletin a classified list of several hundred Views of the principal Buildings in that great city, as well as Views of the Parks, Streets, Monuments, etc., from which our customers can readily make selections to illustrate thoroughly any subjects of historic or other interest connected there- with. These Views are all Uncolored Photographs, each on square glass, 334 inches wide, with protecting cover glass. 50 cents each; $45. OO per 100.
NEW SLIDES OF ATTRACTIVE SUBJECTS.
50 cents each, Uncolored, Crayon Photographs; $1.50 each, Finely Colored, round, 3 inches diameter; $3.00 each, Finely Colored, square, on 3J4 x 4-inch plate.
THE DRUNKARD'S REFORM.
1. He squanders his hard-earned money in 4. He informs his wife of his resolve.
drink. 5. His sobriety raises him to the position of
2. His child's clothes are ridiculed ; his pride foreman.
is touched. 6. The Happy Home of the Reformed Man.
3. He forms a resolution and leaves the tavern.
^p" This Set supplies what has long been wanted — namely, a Series of Illustrations in which the possibility of reform, even with those ivho have sunk to the lowest depths, is made evident. A Descriptive Reading accompanies the Set, which forms a pleasantly written Temperance Tale, calculated to attract the attention of all interested in the progress of Temperance Reform.
" HOME, SWEET HOME."
1. " Be it ever so humble, 3. " How sweet 'tis to sit
There's no place like home." 'Neath a fond father's smile."
2. "An exile from home, 4. " To thee I'll return
Splendor dazzles in vain." Overburdened with care."
The ballad of " Home, Sweet Home,'1'' was written by our countryman, John Howard Payne, in the early part of this century, and these Illustrations are designed to give some idea of the style of dress, etc., of the period.
THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG.
1. Field Hospital Headquarters. 6. Explosion of an Artillery Caisson.
2. Artillery coining into Action. 7. Action near the Stone Wall.
3. Gen. Hancock and Staff near Little Round 8. Removing those Wounded in above Action.
Top. 9. Gen. Howard's Position near Cemetery
4. Gen. Pickett's Charge. Hill.
5. Gen. Pickett's hand-to-hand Fight. 10. Group of Confederate Prisoners.
ARTISTIC GEMS.
Attack on a Convoy — An incident in the Franco-Prussion War.
Averted Duel; at the date of the French Revolution. — A lady, the innocent cause of the
quarrel, appears on the ground, and the combat is relinquished. Bearer of Dispatches. — A group of Prussian officers searching a prisoner carrying dispatches. Christ Before Pilate. — From the celebrated painting by Munkacsy. Courier of the Desert. — An Arab on his camel traversing the sandy desert. Disgrace to his Family. — A youthful member of a canine family has strayed from the kennel,
and returns bedaubed with paint, causing his brother puppies to look upon him with
contempt. Drop Curtain. — An attractive scene of ancient Rome, forming a handsome opening piece. Engaged. — A Spanish peasant girl proudly exhibiting her betrothal ring to a friend . Galileo Demonstrating the Truth of his Theory. — The aged philosopher is endeavoring to
convince his friends of the soundness of his scientific views. Good Night — Cherubs. — Two cherubs blowing out a candle, with a group of cherubs around
them. A novel and pleasing closing piece for any exhibition. Good Night— Constellation. — The words " Good Night " formed of stars on a blue background;
in the centre two female figures, lightly clothed. Appropriate for concluding piece. Old Arm-Chair . — Beside which the daughter stands in meditation. Place de la Concorde, Paris.— The centre of the gay city. The fountains are on the site of the
guillotine, where thousands were executed during the French Revolution . Portrait of Napoleon III.— A fine likeness of the last Emperor of France. Portrait of the Empress Eugenie, from a painting taken when at the height of her beauty. Temple of Eros. — A scene in ancient Greece; a bridal procession before the Temple of the
Goddess of Love. Two Friends.— An incident of the Crimean War. Friends through life, their bodies lie
together on the field of battle.
T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
Places of Interest — London. 50 cents each ; $45.00 per hundred.
London.
Houses of Parliament.
From Westminster Bridge. From Lambeth. From Poets' Corner. Victoria Tower.
" and Garden.
" from Lambeth.
Clock Tower.
" and Palace Yard.
" from Broad Sanct-
uary. " from St. Margaret's
Old Palace Yard. Cloisters, from S. W. " from N. W. " Interior. " Entrance to. Statue of Richard Cceurde Lion. Peers' Entrance. House of Peers— Interior.
" The Throne.
" Victoria Gallery
Peers' Robing Room. Princes' Chamber Statue of Victoria, Princes'
Chamber. House of Commons— Interior. The Central Hall. St. Stephen's Hall— Interior.
" Statue of Burke.
" " Clarendon.
" Chatham. " Falkland. " " Fox
" Grattan. " " Hampden.
" Mansfield. " Pitt. " Selden. " " Somers.
" Walpole. Westminster Hall— Interior.
" Statue of Queen " Mary.
" " James I.
'■ Charles I. " Charles II. " " William III.
" George IV. " William IV. Plan of the nouses of Parliament
Westminster Abbey.
West Front. North Side. From Dean's Yard. Flying Buttresses. !N ave.
North Aisle. South Aisle. North Porch. Choir from W. " from E. " The Screen. " Reredos, perspective. " " front.
" The Stalls " Crusaders' Tombs. North Transept, East Side. West Side. South Transept— Poets' Corner. " Shakespeare,
" Campbell,
Southey, " Thomson,
Milton, Butler,
Ben Johnson, " Spenser.
South Transept— Shakespeare Monument. " Dickens' Grave
'■ Dryden Monu-
ment. Cloisters.
North Ambulatory and Chantry. Chapter House, Exterior. " Entrance.
Jerusalem Chamber, Interior.
" Entrance.
The Old Refectory. Henry Vllth Chapel — Exterior. " Interior.
" Tomb of
Henry VII., side. Tomb of Henry VII., end. Stalls. Roof. Shrine of Edward the Confessor,
and Chantry of Henry V. Coronation Chair. Chapel, Edward the Confessor. '• St. Erasmus. " St. John. The Pulpit. Tomb of Henry III. " Edward in. " Queen Elizabeth. " Mary Queen of Scots. '• Infant Princes, removed
from the Tower. " Major Andre. " Charles James Fox. " Admiral Holmes. " Sir Eyre Coote. " Earl of Chatham. " Boyne, Blair, and Man-
ney. " Mrs. Nightingale. Monument to Wilberforce.
" Lord Palmerston.
Sir Robert Peel. " Sir Francis Vere.
" Sir John Franklin.
" John Wesley.
Dr. Isaac Watts. " Gen. Wolfe.
'' Buxton.
" Marquis of Exeter.
" James Watt.
" Mrs. Warren and
Sir George Lewis. " to Handel.
" Lord Beacon6field.
" Dean Stanley.
" Infant Princes of
James I. Bust of Longfellow. Grave of Livingstone. The Broad Sanctuary. Plan of the Abbey.
St. Paul's Catliedral. From Cheapside. From Blackfriars. From Southwark. From Surrey Side. West Front. The Nave. The Aisle. Choir from the East.
' West.
Transept.
Interior of the Dome. Morning Chapel from the East. " " " '• West.
Monument to Dean Donne.
" Cornwallis.
Nelson.
" Wellington
•' Bishop Blomfield.
" 57th Regiment.
Statue of Queen Anne. Plan of St. Paul's.
The Tower of London. The Tower from W.
" from the River.
Middle Tower from W. " " E.
Byward Tower from W. " E. Bell Tower.
" and Inner Bullium
Wall. Traitors' Tower. Traitors' Gate. Bloody Tower.
" Gateway
White Tower from S. E. " S. W. Martin Tower. Salt Tower. Beauchamp Tower.
Inscriptions. Devereux Tower. Bowver Tower. St. Peter's Church.
" " Interior.
St. John's Chapel. The Governor's House. Officers' Quarters. The Barracks. Horse Armory. Queen Elizabeth's Armory. Effigy of Queen Elizabeth on
Horseback. Effigy of Henry VHI. in Armor,
on Horseback. Trophies of Guns. Gnus captured by Army and Navy The Crown Jewels. Site of the Scaffold. Group of Warders. Plan of the Tower of London. Tower, as it was at time of Queen Elizabeth.
Buckingham Palace. From St. James' Park. Front View of Palace. Garden Front. Entrance Gates. The Gardens. Grand Staircase. Marble Hall. Picture Gallery. The New Gallery. The Promenade Gallery. Royal Visitors' Gallery. The Princess Corridor. Throne Room. State Dining Room. Yellow Drawing Room. Blue Drawing Room. Green Drawing Room. Tapestry Room. H. M. Private Sitting Room. H. M. Luncheon Room. H. M. Dressing Room. H. M. Bed Room. H. M. Private Audience Chamber Prince Albert's Music Room.
" Writing Room.
" Dressing Room.
The Royal Closet. Bed Room of Duke and Duchess of Connaught.
T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
Places of Interest— London. 50 cents each ; $45.00 per hundred.
Liondon — continued.
Bed Room of the King of the
Belgians. Orleans Room. Spanish Room. Ball Room. Bow Library. Bow Saloon. The 44th Room. The 55th Room.
Hampton Court Palace.
From S. E. South Front. East Front. West Entrance. Quadrangle and Cloisters. Clock Tower. The Terrace. The Grounds.
Miscellaneous.
St. James' Palace. Kensington Palace. Kew Palace.
Lambeth Palace— Residence of
the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Marlborough House — Residence
of Prince of Wales. Clarence House— Residence of
Duke of Edinburgh. Treasury, Whitehall. Foreign Office, Whitehall.
" Quadrangle.
Horse Guards, from Whitehall. " from St. James'
Park. " and Salamanca
Shell. " Sentry on Horse.
Admiralty, Whitehall. The Mint. Royal Exchange.
Portico. Lord Mayor's Mansion House. Bank of England. Guild Hall.
" Giant Gog. " Giant Magog. Somerset House, River Front. " Strand Front,
from S. W. from S. E. " the Quadrangle
Newgate Prison. Temple Bar. Temple Bar Memorial. Middle Temple Hall.
" Interior.
Inner Temple Hall.
" Interior.
Temple Church, East End. " South Side.
" Perspective.
" Interior.
" Tombs of the
Knights Templars. Temple Gardens, Henry VIH. and Anne Boleyn's Tree. " New Library.
" Paper B'ldings.
" Kings Bench
Walk. " Goldsmith's
Grave. New Law Courts, Perspective. " Porch.
" Quadrangle.
" Interior.
New Law Courts, Chief Justice's
Court. Lincoln's Inn, The Hall. Staple's Inn. General Post Office. Custom House. The London Docks. Hop Exchange, Southwark. The London Times Office. Fishmongers' Hall. Union Bk. of England, Charing
Cross. London Joint Stock B'k, Smith- field. Mutual Ins. Co., Grace Church
Street. Safe Deposit Co. Building. British and For'gn Bible Society. Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asy- lum. Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea. Belgravian Mansions. Mansion House Buildings. Grosvenor Mansions. Viaduct Buildings. Memorial Hall, Farrington St. Charter House, Entrance.
" Inner Square.
" Cloisters.
Great Hall. " Gown Boys' Hall.
" Founders' Tomb.
St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell. Elizabethan House, Cromer St. Ancient Houses, Holborn. Apsley House. Northumberland House. Holland House. Pope's Villa, Twickenham. Strawberry Hill, Walpole's Resi- dence. Henry "VTIL and Wolsey's Pal- ace, Fleet St. United Service Club, Pall Mall. Carlton " "
Reform " "
Atheneum " "
Junior Carlton " "
Army and Navy Club, St. James
Square. Junior United Service Club,
Charles St. Junior Navy and Military Club. St. Stephen's Club. Westminster. Albert Hall— Exterior. " Interior.
Albert Memorial— Sculptures of the Memorial—
Europe. Asia. Africa. America. Commerce. Engineering. Agriculture. Manufactures. Bas Reliefs of the Memorial—
The Base, North. " East.
South. West. Charing Cross Hotel. Langham Hotel. Grand Hotel. Hotel Metropole. Grosvenor Hotel. Westminster Palace Hotel. Morley's Hotel. Cannon St. Hotel. Continental Hotel. Inns of Court Hotel. Viaduct Hotel.
St. Pancras Hotel. Great Northern R. W. Hotel. Great Western Hotel. The Old Tabard, Southwark. The King's Head, "
The George Yard, Star and Garter, Richmond. R. W. Station, Cannon St. " Euston Road.
" Midland.
" Midland, Interior.
" Great North'n R.
W. " Broad St.
" Blackfriars Met-
ropolitan. " Underground R.
W. Her Majesty's Theatre. Haymarket Theatre. The Alhambra. The Criterion. The Adelphi. The Pavilion, Piccadilly. Alexandra Palace. Royal Aquarium. Madame Tussaud's ; Exterior. Crystal Palace, Sydenham. Cremorne Gardens. Smithfield Market. Smithfield Meat Market. Bethnal Green Market. Columbia Market. Spurgeon's Tabernacle.
" " Interior.
St. George's, Hanover Square. St. George's Cathedral, South- wark. St. Martin's, Trafalgar Square. St. Saviour's, Southwark. St. Mary's, Moorfields. " " Nave.
" " Aisle.
Calvary. " " Holy Water
Stoup. The City Temple. Old Surrey Chapel. New Surrey Chapel. Smithfield Martyrs' Memorial
Church. Chiswick Church. Fulham Church. Kew Church.
Chapel Royal, White Hall. Jewish Synagogue, Upper Berke- ley St. Greenwich Hospital, River Front. " The Tower. " The Two Towers " Portico. " Picture Gallery. " West Block. St. Thomas' Hospital, River Fr'nt " Gateway.
St. George's Hospital,
Middle Gate. St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Chelsea Hospital. Powell's Alms Houses, Fulham. Tomb of Tom Hood, Keusal Green. " Hogarth, Chiswick. " Bunyan, Bunhill Fields. " Isaac Watts,
Defoe, " Mother of John Wesley. '• Goldsmith, Temple Gar- dens. Kensal Green Cemetery. Highgate Cemetery.
" Catacombs.
T. II. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician-, New York.
Places of Interest — London. 50 cents each ; $45. OO per hundred.
Loudon— continued.
British Museum,— " Front. " Portico.
Beading Room. •' Library.
Elgin Room. Egyptian Room. Rosette stone. " Fragments from the
Parthenon. " Fragments from Temple of Epbesus Tomb of Mausolus. South Kensington Museum.
Quadrangle. Natural History Museum.—
" Front. " Porch. Hall. National Gallery, Front.
'• Portico.
Burlington House, Piccadilly.
" Quadrangle.
University College. Loudon University. City of London College. The London Institution. Queen Elizabeth's School, Hors-
Iv Down. Merchant Tailors' School. National Training School for
Music. Dulwich College.
" The Hall.
" Picture Gallery.
Statue to Lord Clyde. Peabody. •' Cobden. " King James H., White
Hall. " Cromwell, Westmin-
fitcr " Earl Derby, " Beaconsfield, "
Franklin, Waterloo PI. Burns, Victoria Gar- den. " Wellington, Royal Ex- change. " Sir Rowland Hill, " " Outram, Thames Em- bankment. " Sydney Herbert, War
"Office. " Robert Stephenson. " King William, King Wm. St. Equestrian Statue, Charles I.,
Charing Cross. Equestrian Statue, Prince Albert,
Holborn Viaduct. Equestrian Statue, Gen. Outram,
Waterloo Place. Duke of York Column, Waterloo
Place. Guards' Memorial, Waterloo PI. Crimean Memorial, Westminster. Eleanor Cross, Charing Cross. Great Fire Monument, Fish St.
Hill. Nelson Monument, Trafalgar Sq. i lleopatra's Needle, Thames Em- bankment. Fountain, Anti-Slavery Memo- rial, Westminster. Shakespeare, Leicester Square. " Soman, Park Lane. " Drinking. Smitfafield. " Drinking. Guild Hall.
Hyde Park. Marble Arch. " Achilles Statue. " Park Lane. '• Stanhope Gate. " Lancaster Gate.
Hyde Park Corner. " Drinkin™ Fountain. " Rotten Row. " The Ladies' Mile. " Meet of the Coaching Club. St. James' Park,—
Carlton House Ter- race. " The Salamanca Shell. •' Wellington Barracks. " Refreshment Stalls. " Queen's Birthday Pa- rade. Kensington Gardens,—
The Fountains. ' ' The Cascade. " The Serpentine. " Park Keepers' Lodge. " Refreshment Cottage. The Palace. Regents' Park,—
" Entrance.
" The Colosseum.
Lady Courts' Foun- tain. ' ' Ready Money's Foun ■
tain. " Gloucester Terrace. " Cumberland Terrace. " Chester Terrace. " Cambridge Terrace. " Hanover Terrace. " Sussex Place. Zoological Gardens, — " Camel House. " Monkey House. " Elephant House. " Feeding the Lions. " Feeding the Bears. " Mounting the Ele- phant. " Refreshment House. Horticultural Society, — " Grounds. " Conservatory. " Rhododendron Tent. " Albert Fountain. Kew Gardens, —
•' Entrance Gates " Chinese Pagoda. " Temple of the Sun. " King William's Tem- ple. " Temple of Minden. " The Palm House. " The Cactus House. " The Orangery. •' The Museum. " Kew Palace. " Chili Pine.
The Great Palm. " The Victoria Regia. The Flower Beds. Battersea Park. Victoria Park, Lady Coutts'
Fountain. Trafalgar Square, from National Gallerv. '• from Charing
Cross. " from Waterloo
House. " from South.
" Panoramic
View. " Fountains.
Trafalgar Square, Morley's and Grand Hotel. " Nelson's Mon-
ument.
Base. " Landseer's Lion.
London Bridge. Southwark Bridge. Chatham and Dover R. W. B'dg. Black Friar's Bridge. Waterloo Bridge. Charing Cross R. W. Bridge. Westminster Bridge. Lambeth Bridge. Old Bridge, Chelsea. Albert Bridge, Chelsea. Battersea Bridge. Putney Bridge. Hammersmith Bridge. Kew Bridge. Kew R. \\ . Bridge. Richmond Bridge. Thames, from London Bridge.
" from Bankside.
" from Richmond Bridge.
" at Isleworth.
" at Hampton Court.
" at Kew.
" at Billingsgate.
" on University Boat Race Day.
" from Topping's Wharf.
" from Waterloo Bridge. Thames Embankment,—
" from Waterloo Bridge, fr. Charing Cross B'dge.
" fr. Westminster B'dge.
" Cleopatra's Needle. Albert Embankment.
Streets of London.
Cheapside.
Holborn.
High Holborn.
Holborn Viaduct.
Oxford St.
Regent St.
The Quadrant.
Piccadilly.
Pall Mall.
Cockspur.
Charing Cross.
Strand.
Fleet.
Ludgate Hill.
Ludgate Circus.
Cornhill.
Leadenhall.
Whitechapel.
Seven Dials.
Commercial Road.
Tottenham Court Road.
Parliament St.
White Hall.
Mansion House St.
Waterloo Place.
Leicester Square.
Hansom Cab. Four Wheel Cab. Cabman's Shelter. Omnibus. Loaded. Costermonger'a Cart. Lord Mavor's State Barge. Sentry of cold stream Guards. Ma)) of London, one mile around
St. Paul's. Map of London, four miles
around St. Paul's. Panorama from St. Margaret's
Church.
OFFICE OF
t. h. McAllister, MANUFACTURING OPTICIAN,
49 NASSAU STREET,
NEW YORK.
DETAILED CATALOGUES
I • OF FOREIGN VIEWS.
1 Uneolored Photographs, on glass Z)i Indies wide, ivith protecting cover glass.— 50c. each, $45.00 per 100.
We endeavor to keep constantly on hand a full line of all the desirable views made by the prin- (i cipal foreign makers, but as the assortment is so great, it is impossible to print a complete list i' within the limits of our Catalogue. We therefore keep for sale the catalogues of each maker, in Ji ordering from which it will be merely necessary to give the Catalogue Numbers and Page of the : views desired. Price of each Catalogue, 10 cents.
Levy & Co., of Paris; about 10,000 views of France, Switzerland, Prussia, the Rhine, Aus- ;i tria, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Russia, Athens, Con- j stantinople, Algeria, Egypt and Nubia, Holy Land, China, Japan,
Lachenal & Co., of Paris; about COX) views of France, Switzerland, Prussia, the Rhine, I Austria, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Holland, Russia, Athens, Constantinople, Algeria, Egypt j and Nubia, Cape of Good Hope, Holy Land, China, Japan, Hindostan, and Islands of St. Helena, Madagascar, Mauritius, and Reunion.
G. W. Wilson & Co., of Aberdeen, Scotland; about 6000 views of England and Scotland, i embracing celebrated cathedrals, abbeys, castles, ruins, landscapes, historic buildings, etc., etc., a among them many views adapted for illustrating the works of Shakspeare, Scott, Wordsworth, !| Burns, etc.
| "Valentine & Sons, of Dundee, Scotland ; about 6000 views of same general line as those
j; made by G. W. Wilson & Co., but each maker publishes many views not made by the other.
( York, of London; about 5000 views of London, Oxford, Lake District, Wales, Norway, |! Mediterranean, India, etc. ; also large line of scientific slides illustrating astronomy, electricity, J heat, human physiology, hydrostatics, light, magnetism, mechanics, mining, pneumatics, sound, ! spectrum analysis, etc.
! Lawrence, of Dublin ; about 500 views in every county in Ireland.
I TT> (T~~\ f\ ~VZr' Q^ Containing descriptions of nearly 8000 different views of world-re- JLJ> V_^ V^ IX k3 nowned places of interest, from which explanatory Lectures can easily be compiled. Invaluable to Lecturers, on account of the great saving of time and research.
Wilson's Lantern Journeys, Vol. I $2.00
Contains descriptions of about WOO views in Austria, Bavaria, Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, Eng- land, France, Greece, Holland, Holy Land, India, Italy, Norway, Russia, Saxony, Scotland, Spain, • Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United States.
! "Wilson's Lantern Journeys, Vol. II $2.00
Contains descriptions of about 1000 views in Austria, Belgium, Egypt, England, France, Ger- many, Greece, Holy Land, India, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, i Turkey, United States.
j\ Wilson's Lantern Journeys, Vol. Ill S2.0O
j Contains descriptions of about 800 places personally visited by Mr. Wilson recently, the views i being made from negatives taken by him ; embracing views in Europe, Egypt, Holy Land, Mount ! Sinai, Rock City of Petra, etc., etc.
The Lectures accompanying any of our " Lecture Sets,"/or sale separately,— 25 cents each.
SMALL LOTS OF LANTERN SLIDES BY MAIL.
MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES in small quantities can be sent by mail at rate of One Cent per ounce, when properly packed in Metal or Wood Cases, so as to guard against injury in transporta- i ion. Kates as follows :— For package containing five slides or less—
Uneolored Photographic Slides 20 cents postage.
Colored do. do .30 do.
Comic Movable Slides 35 do.
If sent Registered, an additional charge of 10 cents on each package.
*Tlie "STAR" Assortment of Views.*
«*•»■ —
To meet the wishes of numerous customers, we have arranged the following assortment of views well adapted to interest all classes in every community, and which can he used with any of the apparatus in our catalogue,
The assortment consists of our New Lecture Set "Around the World in SO Minutes" which, as can he seen hy list in Catalogue, embraces illus- trations of the grand scenery and prominent buildings in the United States and in foreign lands, accompanied by an original descriptive lecture by Rev. C. R. Treat, of New York; with addition of a selection of Fine Colored Photographic Views, Choice Statuary, etc., to give a pleasing variety to an entertainmem — in all 86 views, which we offer at the low price of $50.00.
List of VIEWS in the "STAR" Assortment, Price, $50.00
61 "Around the World in 80 Minutes," with Lecture* 6 Fine Colored Photographic Views. 1 Good Night Chromatrope. 6 Choice Statuary.
6 Comic Views with Life Like Motion. 6 Silhouettes.
1 Cloud effect.
2 Tinters,
"Customers have the option of substituting any other 61 Uncolored or Crayon Photographic Views for the set of '"Around the World in 80 Minutes," if they prefer to do so.
The "STAR" Assortment of Views
will cost as follows, with the most saleable styles of apparatus in each class,
namely:
With No. 600. . . Oxy-Hydrogen $500.00
the Universal " 415.00
" No. 602 " 275.00
51 No. 612 " 19(1.00
" No. 626 Oxy-Calcium 205.00
•* No. 685 '• 145,00
*l No. 640 Dissolving View Apparatus .... 150.00
'■' No. 650 Phantasmagoria. 90.00
" No. 653 " 70.00
": No. 670 Cabinet 60.00
94 No. 671 Cabinet Dissolving '. 72.00
GELATINE PLATES, 50 CENTS PER DOZEN.
OUTLINE DIAGRAMS. It occasionally happens that the pictures necessary to illustrate a subject are not to be procured ready made, though engravings which are "just the thing " are to be found in a book, magazine or newspaper ; yet, to photo- graph them on glass and prepare tUem for Lantern Slides may be impracticable, either because they may be needed for immediate use, or being of temporary interest, would not be worth the expense of photographing. A very simple mode of preparing outline drawings of such engravings is by tracing them on a Gelatine Plate, We have these Gelatine Plates, three and one-quarter by lour inches, always tor sale, fifty cents per dozen (see p.'ge 46). To make an outline diagram, lay one of these Gelatine Plates over the engraving, then go over the outlines with the point of a needle, and scratch them into the (surface of the Gelatine ; if necessary, shading can be added, and a neat, artistic etching is the result. This is placed between two plates of glass of same size, and introduced in the Lantern, when every scratch and mark will be found to come out on tlie screen as a well-defined black line. In this way an instructor can prepare diagrams for class illustration from engravings of Botanical, Astronomical, Geological* Or other scientific subjects, sections of Machines, Maps, etc.— end for Family amusement, diagrams can in the same way be made from Juvenile Book* J <J3U8 multiplying the assortment of views at shght expense.
T. II. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
ANOTHER NOVELTY,
rMTjrESE
|]1D5
S5.00.
Useful, Simple, Portable,
Durable, Cheap.
This is designed to throw sufficient light on the hook or lecture to enable one to read dis- tinctly, and at the same time will not illuminate the' hall so as to interfere with the brilliancy of the views on the screen. It- is supplied with a Call Bell, and also a Red Signal Light, either of which «an be used for communicating with the operator. It is made entirely of metal, very simple in its •construction and management, and very portable, all being packed within a box 3x3x9 X inches.
•PRICE, $5.00
An extra large candle is used, fitted in a mounting with spring beneath, by which the flame is always kept at a uniform height. This candle gives an illumination fully equal to that of the lamp formerly used, and is better adapted for the purpose. One candle will burn 4 to 5 hours. ADDITIONAL CANDLES, 75 CENTS PER DOZEN. A match case is conveniently placed in the base, so that no time may be lost in running about for a match.
The Life of Gen. Grant.
In style of FINE COLORED PHOTOGRAPHS $1.50. each.
In style of CRAYON PHOTOGRAPHS -50c. each.
1 Birthplace of Gen. Grant, Point Pleasant,
Ohio, April 27, 1822. - 2' Lieut. Grant at Chapultepec, 1847.
3 Capt. Grant leaving his Home at Galena
to join the Army, 1861.
4 Gen. Grant at Battle of Tort Donelson, 1862.
5 Charge of Gen. Grant at Battle of Shiloh,
1862.
6 Battle of Pittsburg Landing, (Shiloh,
second day) 1862.
7 Siege of Vicksburg, 1863.
Gen. Grant's Triumphal Entry into Vicks- burg, July. 4, 1863.
Battle of Lookout Mountain, 1863.
Battle of the Wilderness, 1864.
Gen. Grant on Horseback at the Battle of
the Wilderness, 1864. Siege of Petersburg, 1864. Gen. Grant's Headquarters, Petersburg. Surrender of Lee, 1865. Portrait of Gen. Grant, 1865. Portrait of Gen. R. E. Lee. Presidential Inauguration, 1869.
8
9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17
18 U. S. Capitol.
19 The White House— Exterior.
20 The White House— Interior.
21 Pyramid of Egypt, visited by Gen. Grant on
his tour around the world, 1878.
22 Gen. Grant revising his Memoirs, f885.
23 Cottage at Mt. McGregor— Exterior.
24 Cottage at Mt. McGregor — Interior.
25 Gen. Grant's Last Ride, 1885.
26 The Last Message, 1885.
27 Family Group, 1885.
28 Deathbed of Gen. Grant, July 23, 1885.
29 U. S. Troops Guarding the Cottage,
30 Gen. Grant's body lying, in State, N. Y
City Hall, August 6-7, 1885.
31 The Funeral Procession, Aug. 8, 1885.
32 The Funeral Car.
33 The Tomb, Riverside Park, N. Y,
34 Allegorical Picture, "Let us have Peace."
35 The Great Triumvirate, Washington,
Lincoln, Grant.
36 Portrait of Gen. Grant, 1885.
THE GRANT CHROMATROPE ; an admirable likeness of the « departed warrior, in the centre of a revolving display of brilliant colors $3.75
THE COUNCIL OF WAR ; a fine piece of Statuary, by John Rogers, the celebrated American Sculptor, showing Gen. Grant, President iiincoln, and Secretary of "War Stanton, in consultation at a critical period of the war 75o
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T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
POPULAR STORIES^ NURSERY TALES, etc.
In Sets of 12 slid.*. Price, $4.00 per Set.
On glass slides S'i inches wide, 12 inches long, with a number of colored pictures on each elide ; cheap, and finished in as good style as the subjects warrant ; especially adapted for the Cabinet Magic Lantern, or the Phantasmagoria Magic Lanterns.
The Combination Carrier, No. 711, affords the best mode of holding them in position while in the Lantern, allowing them to be passed slowly along, making a series of Panoramic Views on the Screen.
The following list, comprises the assortment generally on hand :
Robinson Crusoe, 12 slides. Aladdin,or the Wonderful Lamp,
12 slides. Gulliver's Travels, 12 slides. ', Spanish Bull Fights, 12 slides, j That Plague of a Boy, 12 slides. Don Qnixote, 6 slides, ) Miscellaneous, 6 " j Esop's Fables, 6 slides, | Miscellaneous, 6 " ) Sleeping Beauty, 10 slides, | Miscellaneous, 2 " j Comic Heads, 12 slides.
Paul and Virginia, 9 slides, | • Miscellaneous, 3 " j Hop o' my Thumb, 8 slides, | Miscellaneous, 4 A f
Cinderella, 8 slides ) Miscellaneous, 4 • " j Jules Verne's Novel, Around I the World in 80 Days, 6 slides, >■ Miscellaneous, 6 " )
Blue Beard, 6 slides, I Miscellaneous, 6 " ( Puss in Boots, 6 slides, i Miscellaneous, 6 " j
Red Riding Hood, 6 slides, ( Miscellaneous, 6 " j AH Baba, 6 sHdes, I
Miscellaneous, 6 " j Hunting Scenes, (j slides, ) Miscellaneous, (j " j" Animals, 0 slides, I Paris, (i '• ) Blue Beard, 3 slides,
Cinderella, 3 "
Red Riding Hood. 3 " Hop o" my Thumb, 3 " Caricatures, 12 slides.
THK "ECONOMIC" SERIES
OP
MAGrIC LANTERN VIEWS.
These are colored views of medium execution, each view 3 inches diameter, on square glass 3j-4 by 4 inches, with a covering glass to protect it from injury ; and are offered at so low a price as to make them desirable to those who wish to secure a large assortment of views at a small outlay.
THE LIFE OF CHRIST.
40 Cents each,
1. The Annunciation of the Vir-
gin Mary.
2. The Birth of Christ.
3. The Wise Men Offering Gifts.
4. The Presentation of Christ
in the Temple.
5. The Flight into Egypt.
6. Jesus Among the Learned
Men.
7. The Baptism of Christ.
8. The Sermon on the Mount.
$8.00 per Set of 24 Slides*.
9. Christ Casting Out Devils.
10. Christ Bringing to Life Cen-
turion's Daughter.
11. Peter Walking on the Water.
12. Christ Feeding the Multi-
tude.
13. Christ Blessing Children.
14. Christ in the House of
Martha and Mary.
15. Christ Giving Sight to the
Blind.
16. Christ Raising Lazarus from
the Dead.
17. The Last Supper.
18. Christ in the Garden of Geth-
6emane.
19. Christ Betrayed by Judas.
20. Christ Before Pilate.
21. Christ Scourged.
22. Christ Bearing the Cross.
23. The Crucifixion.
24. Th« Burial of Christ.
COLORED SCENERIES,
Very attractive, serving to give a pleasing variety to an entertainment, and to keep an audience always on the look-out for a "brilliant picture."
They are all choice Views, Photographed directly from Nature and delicately colored by experienced artists.
These Colored Sceneries are each on square glass, 3^ inches wide, with pro- tecting cover glass, and being uniform in size with the Uncolored Views of Places of Interest, can be advantageously interspersed with them during an exhibition.
The assortment is large, comprising views in —
Rome and Italy, Paris and France, Switzerland,
The Rhine,
St. Petersburg, Moscow,
Constantinople,
Austria,
Spain,
Portugal,
Holland,
Saxony,
Egypt,
Marine Views, Etc., Etc*
$1.80 Each.
$21.00 Per Dozen.
T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New Yoke.
$50.00 OUTFITS.
Each Outfit consists of the CABINET MAGIC LANTERN No. 670 {for full description, of which see Catalogue, page 38), SCREEN, COMBINATION CAR- RIER, and a carefully selected assortment of INTERESTING VIEWS,
These FIFTY DOLLAR OUTFITS are designed to accommodate those desiring to make an economical investment, and have proved very satisfactory ; being especially adapted for exhibitions in School-houses, Parlors, etc.
A LIST OF 12 OUTFITS is annexed, by which it will be observed that the assortment of views in each outfit is different, thus meeting the requirements of all parties ; and a Printed Description accompanies those Views in each Outfit which especially require it.
In case a customer should prefer a Magic Lantern of finer quality than the CABINET, the substitution can be made by adding the difference between the . price of the Cabinet Magic Lantern ($10.00) and that of the higher-priced Magic Lantern. Thus,
Hie VIEWS, SCREEN and COMBINATION CARRIER
of either of these outfits,
With Phantasmagoria Magic Lantern No. 650 $80.00
651 .- 75.00
652 65.00
653 60.0O
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T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
V $50.00 OUTFIT No. 1.
Cabinet Magic Lantern No. 670. Screen, 1st quality, 71 feet square. Combination Carrier No. 711.
VIEWS.
30 Uncolored Photos : Places of Interest, United States, with descriptive reading. 24 " " " " Foreign,
12 Comic, with Life-like Motion ; colored.
2 Fine Colored Photographic, Artistic Gems.
6 New Style Silhouettes, Comic.
1 Geometrical Chromatrope.
$50.00 OUTFIT No. 2.
Cabinet Magic Lantern No. 670. Screen, 1st quality, 7| feet square. Combination Carrier No. 711.
VIEWS.
12 Crayon Photos : Old Testament, with descriptive reading. 12 '* " New Testament,
18 " " U. S.' History,
24 French Slides, colored ; Fairy Tales, Comic, etc. 12 Comic, with Life-like Motion ; colored. 12 New Style Silhouettes, Comic-. 1 Geometrical Chromatrope.
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$50.00 OUTFIT No. 3.
Cabinet Magic Lantern No. 670. Screen, 1st quality*, 1\ feet square. Combination Carrier No. 711.
VIEWS.
10 Uncolored Photos : Places of Interest, Washington City, with descriptive reading. 12 " " " " London,
12 " " " " Rome,
24 Comic, with Life-like Motion ; colored.
2 Fine Colored Photographic, Artistic Gems. 12 New Style Silhouettes, Comic.
2 Crayon Mottoes : " Welcome," " Good Night."
1 Geometrical Chromatrope.
$50.00 OUTFIT No. 4.
Cabinet Magic Lantern No. 670. Screen, 1st quality, 1\ feet square. Combination Carrier No. 711. VIEWS. 8 Uncolored Photos : Places of Interest, United States, with descriptive reading. 8 " " " " Foreign,
6 Crayon Photos : Illustrations of Dickens' Novels. 2 " " Irish Characters.
12 Comic, with Life-like Motion ; colored.
6 Fine Colored Photographic, Artistic Gems. 24 French Slides, colored ; Fairy Tales, Comic, etc. 12 New Style Silhouettes, Comic. 1 Geometrical Chromatrope.
T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
$50.00 OUTFIT No. 5.
Cabinet Magic Lantern No. 670. Screen, 1st quality, 7-|- feet square. Combination Carrier No. 711. VIEWS.
20 Crayon Photos : Astronomy, with descriptive reading.
8 " " Old Testament, "
8 " New Testament, " '
12 " " U. S. History, " "
8 " " Roman Antiquities, "
12 Comic, with Life-like Motion ; colored. 12 New Style Silhouettes, Comic.
1 Good Night Chromatrope.
$50.00 OUTFIT No. 6.
Cabinet Magic Lantern No. 670.. Screen, 1st quality, 7-|- feet square. Combination Carrier No. 711. VIEWS.
12 Uncolored Photos : Places of Interest, United States, with descriptive reading.
12 " " " " Ireland,
10 " " " " Switzerland,
4 Fine Colored Photographic, Life's Eventful Voyage.
6 " The Ill-fated Ship.
6 Comic, with Life-like Motion ; colored. 12 New Style Silhouettes, Comic.
1 Good Night Chromatrope.
$50. OO OUTFIT No. 7.
Cabinet Magic Lantern No. 670. Screen, 1st quality, 7£ feet square. Combination Carrier No. 711. VIEWS.
12 Uncolored Photos : Places of Interest, United States, with descriptive reading. 12 " " " " Foreign, " "
12 Crayon Photos : U. S. History, with descriptive reading.
3 " " Statuary.
1 Fine Colored Photographic : Portrait of Washington. 12 Comic, with Life-like Motion ; colored. 24 French Slides, colored ; Fairy Tales, Comic, etc. 12 New Style Silhouettes, Comic.
1 Geometrical Chromatrope.
$50.00 OUTFIT No. 8.
Cabinet Magic Lantern No. 670. Screen, 1st quality, 1\ feet square. Combination Carrier No. 711. VIEWS.
8 Uncolored Photos : Places of Interest, United States, with descriptive reading.
8 ". " " Foreign,
1 Fine Colored Photographic, Washington Crossing the Delaware.
1 " Portrait General Grant.
36 Comic, with Life-like Motion ; colored. 20 New Style Silhouettes, Comic.
1 Good Night Chromatrope.
T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
$50.00 OUTFIT No. 9.
Cabinet Magic Lantern No. 670.
Screen, 1st quality, 7£ feet square.
Combination Carrier No. 711.
VIEWS.
12 Crayon Photos : Pilgrim's Progress, with descriptive reading. 12 " " Uncle Tom's Cabin,
8 " " The Bottle, by Cruikshanks, with descriptive reading.
4 Fine Colored Photographic : The Way of Salvation. 24 Comic, with Life-like Motion : colored. 20 New Style Silhouettes
$50.00 OUTFIT No. 10.
Cabinet Magic Lantern No. 670. Screen, 1st quality, 7| feet square. Combination Carrier No. 711. VIEWS.
4 Crayon Photos: Visit from Santa Claus ; with descriptive poem.
4 " How Persimmons took care of the Baby ; descriptive poem.
4 " " A Leap for Life ; descriptive poem.
4 Fine Colored Photographic, Artistic Gems. 24 Comic, with Life-like Motion ; colored. 24 French Slides, colored ; Fairy Tales, Comic, etc. 12 New Style Silhouettes, Comic.
1 Good Night Chromatrope.
$50.00 OUTFIT No. 11.
Cabinet Magic Lantern No. 670. Screen, 1st quality, 7| feet square. Combination Carrier No. 711. VIEWS.
20 Uncolored Photos : Holy Land, with descriptive reading. 20 Crayon Photos : Old Testament,
24 Life of Christ, Economic Series, colored, with descriptive reading. 12 Comic, with Life-like Motion ; colored. 12 New Style Silhouettes, Comic. 1 Good Night Chromatrope.
$50.00 OUTFIT No. 12.
Cabinet Magic Lantern No. 670. Screen, 1st quality, 7| feet square. Combination Carrier No. 711. VIEWS.
60 Uncolored Photos: Places of Interest, embracing views of New York, Wash- ington City, Chicago. San Francisco, Niagara, etc. ; also London, Paris, Berlin, Venice, Rome, Constantinople, Jerusalem, etc., etc.; with de- scriptive lecture. 6 Crayon Photos : Statuary.
10, Comic, with Life-like Motion ; colored.
12 New Style Silhouettes, Comic.
T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
T. H. McALLISTEE'S
HIGH PRESSURE DISSOLVING KEY.
FOR USING WITH CYLINDERS OF CONDENSED GASES.
(Patented Nov. 10th, 1885.)
$35.00
$35.00
Price $35.00, including substantial flexible connections and couplings
to each cylinder.
IN our largest cities Oxygen and Hydrogen Gases are made on an extensive scale, and are furnished to consumers in Iron Cylinders into which they have been condensed by powerful steam force pumps, and the Convenience of these Con- densed. Gases has led to their general adoption in all places where it is possible to obtain them.
But a serious drawback to the employment of condensed gases in operating a Dissolving- View StereoptiCOii, has been the impossibility heretofore experienced of regulating the flow of the gases to each jet so as to yield that uniformity of illumination on which the beauty of "Dissolving" so greatly depends. Owing to the extreme pressure with which the cylinders are charged, the gases rush out with such force that the old-fashioned single plug Dissolving Key cannot control them ; though it answers well enough for the comparatively slight pressure used with bags. The result, therefore, of attempting to dissolve condensed gases with the old-fashioned Key, has been a darkening of the picture when the lever of the Key was turned to transfer the gases from one jet to the other ; exceedingly unpleasant to the eyes of the audience, and entirely destroying the illusion which is the great charm of " Dissolving Views."
T. H. McAllister's High Pressure Dissolving Key effectually overcomes this difficulty ; and, no matter how great the pressure may be on either gas, or on both gases, it controls the flow, so that no darkening is perceptible, and the pictures melt one into the other without any difference in the amount of illumination on the screen.
Old operators are well aware of the difficulty of making any two jets work exactly alike, one requiring a different adjustment of the gases from the other ; and to do this when using condensed gases with a "single plug" Dissolving Key, is an impossibility. But all this trouble is obviated by T. H. McAllister's High Pressure Dissolving Key, which has independent plugs for each cylinder, and for each jet, allowing free flow, without any possibility of the gases mixing in the Key ; with it each jet can be adjusted entirely independent of the ether, yet so as to work in harmony with it. This adjustment can all be made hours before the exhibition if necessary, and then it will merely be required, at the proper moment, to turn on the gases at the cylinders and light up.
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T. 11. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New Yoke.
T. II. McALLISTEH'S
NEWYORK MODEL" MAGIC LANTERN.
The neatest, lightest, and most compact Magic Lan- tern adapted for Oil-Light Illumination.
PRICE, S50.00.
i Ready J'or use )
(In packing-cast, i
Our" NEWYORK MODEL'' has been designed to meet the oft-repeated demands of our customers for a Magic Lantern of compart pattern, packing in a small compass, and consequently transportable with less trouble and e.rprnse than the more bulky Magic Lanterns. It meets all these requirements, and in addi- tion is a neat and handsomely-finished apparatus.
The " N. Y. MODEL. " weighs but 8'2' pounds, and is enclosed for transportation in a ueat Japanned Packing-cast', 13 • 9 ■ 5'j inches, with handle by which it can be conveniently curried.
The CONDENSING LENSES are of our finest quality, plano-convex. -I'v inches diameter, being of largest size we use in any of our instruments, and diffusing the light evenly over the entire area of the square photographic views of standard size, which cannot be as 'well done with con- densing lenses of smaller diameter.
The OBJECT GLASSES are Achromatic, yielding two magnifying powers, enlarging
the views distinctly of any desired size from 3 feet to 10 feet in diameter; rack adjustment for focussing. The Object Glasses are firmly attached to a neatly-made Bellows Front, which is extended when the Lantern is in use, but folds within itself for packing, and thus far more convenient and compact than the ordinary rigid front heretofore generally used.
Our PATENT BI-UNIAL LAMP supplies the illumination, and tits into a socket at the proper distance from the Condensing Lenses.
All the important working parts of the " N. Y. MODEL" MAGIC LANTERN are of Brass, Nickel-plated.
rrive complefef in Japanned Packing-case, $50. OO.
Among the many advantages of the ".If. Y. MODLL" MAGIC LANTERN are the following :
1 . Absence of Excessive Heat. — In all the so-called portable Magic Lanterns heretofore made, the Lamp has been enclosed in a "case" or "hood," the air within which soon became very much heated, producing irregularity in the illumination, and making the surrounding air so hot as to be a serious inconvenience to the operator. In the " N. Y. MODEL. " there is no case or hood surrounding the Lamp: the heat therefore is immediately dissipated, without affect- ing the steadiness of the flame and without inconveniencing the operator.
2. No Loss of Light.— All the light from the Lamp is transmitted to the screen, the tin intra being so tight ae to prevent any light from passing out into the room, and thus detracting from the brilliancy of the picture on the screen.
3. Facility of Introducing Slides.— The slides can be introduced either from the side, or from above, different sets of springs being supplied to hold the slide in position in either case; these springs are removable in an instant, so that the change from introducing the slide* horizon- tally or vertically can be made without interrupting the exhibition.
4. Capability as an Enlarging Lantern. — In addition to its special use as a Magic Lantern, the "N.Y. MODEL" forms an admirable Enlarging Lantern for Photographers, the neg- ative taking the position of the Magic Lantern Slide, while the intense light afforded by the B1 unial Lamp has proved uiost satisfactory for the purpose.
6. A Handsome Apparatus. — The neat and ornamental pattern, and the exact workman- ship of the" N. Y. MODEL" render it particularly suitable for Drawing-room entertainments,; and being finished in nickel-plate the Mountings will not become tarnished after long and constant use.
6. Compactness ami Portability. --The entire apparatus weighing only 8>/s pounds, and when packed in it * Japanued Case, occupying a bulk of only lJfrx 9x 51 „ inches.
S25.00 OTTTI^ITS,
§
■eAUIST 1
Manufacturing Optician,
49 NASSAU STREET,
Our
Catalogue of Magic Lanterns and Views sent free on application.
The following " $25.00 OUTFITS " are intended to meet the demand for a cheap outfit of Magic Lanterns and Views, for the amusement of the Family Circle, Exhibitions in Schools, etc. <■
Full description of the Cabinet Magic Lantern, and detailed Lists of the various styles of Views will be found in our Catalogue.
A .$25.00 OUTFIT. A
The Cabinet Magic Lantern.
24 Crayon Photographic Views of Old
Testament History. 6 Crayon Photographic Views, Holy
Land. I Movable " Good Night " Slide. 6 New Style Silhouette Views. Combination Carrier.
B $25.00 OUTFIT. B
The Cabinet Magic Lantern.
24 Colored Views, Economic Series,
The Life of Christ. 10 Crayon Photographic Views, Holy
Land. I Geometrical Chromatrope.
Combination Carrier.
C $25.00 OUTFIT. Q
The Cabinet Magic Lantern.
1 2 Crayon Photographic Views of Old
Testament History; 12 Colored Views, Economic Series,
The Life of Christ. 10 Uncolored Views, Holy Land. 6 New Style Silhouette Views. Combination Carrier.
D $25.00 OUTFIT. D
The Cabinet Magic Lantern.
18 Crayon Photographic Views of As,
tronomy, with printed Lecture. 12 Crayon Photographic Views of An- atomy, with printed Lecture. 12 New Style Silhouette Views. Combination Carrier.
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T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
E $25.00 OUTFIT. E
The Cabinet Magic Lantern.
26 Comic Views, colored, with Life Like Motion.
Combination Carrier.
F $25.00 OUTFIT. F
The Cabinet Magic Lantern. 6 Crayon Transparencies, Comic. 6 " " Miscellan-
eous. 6 Crayon Transparencies, U.S. History 6. " " Portraits.
6 " " Statuary.
1 Movable "Good Night " Slide. 6 New Style Silhouette Views. Combination Carrier.
C $25.00 OUTFIT. C
The Cabinet Magic Lantern.
36 French Slides, Comic, Fairy Tales, etc. ; each 3^ inches wide, 12 in- ches long, with numerous figures on each slide
6 Uncolored Views, New York City.
2 Comic Views, colored, with Life Like Motion.
2 New Style Silhouette Views. Combination Carrier.
H $25.00 OUTFIT. H
The Cabinet Magic Lantern.
12 French Slides, each 3^ inches wide, 12 inches long ; Comic, Fairy Tales, etc.
ioCrayon Transparencies, assorted sub- jects,
6 Comic Views, colored, with Life Like Motion.
1 Geometrical Chromatrope.
4 New Style Silhouette Views. Combination Carrier.
I $25.00 OUTFIT. |
The Cabinet Magic Lantern. 24 French Slides, each 3^ inches wide, 12 inches long ; Comic, Fairy Tales, etc, 12 Comic Views, colored, with Life Like Motion.
Combination Carrier.
J $25.00 OUTFIT. J
The Cabinet Magic Lantern.
12 Crayon Views, Pilgrim's Progress,
with reading. 12 Crayon Views, Uncle Tom's Cabin,
with reading. 6 Comic Views, Colored, with life-like
motion. 6 New Style Silhouette Views. Combination Carrier.
K $25.00 OUTFIT. K
The Cabinet Magic Lantern.
6 Uncolored Views American Scenery.
6 " " Foreign
6 Comic Views, colored, with Life
Like Motion. 12 French Slides, each3^ inches wide,
12 inches long ; Comic, Fairy
Tales, etc. 12 New Style Silhouette Views. • Combination Carrier,
L $25.00 OUTFIT. L
The Cabinet Magic Lantern.
3 Crayon Photographic Views, Por- traits.
6 Crayon Photographic Views, Comic.
6 Uncolored Views, New York City.
3 " " Washington City.
3 " " Niagara.
12 French Slides, each 3^ inches wide, 12 inches long ; Comic, Fairy Tales, etc.
1 Fine Colored Photographic View, Artistic Gem.
1 Movable " Good Night " Slide.
6 New Style Silhouette Views.
Combination Carrier.
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T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
SZLHOT7STTES,
A new, cheap style of Comic Views, of our exclusive manufacture. The designs are original and pleasing, and the price being so low they have proved very saleable. The figures are painted with bold outlines, filled in with black, and show well in any Lantern.
Bach Silhouette is on glass, 3^x4 inches square, with protecting cover glass. Price 30 cents each, $3.00 per dozen. .
The assortment comprises about 500 varieties, among which are the following :
1 Mine Host of the Silver
Flagon..
2 Country Kitchen.
3 Preparing a Beefsteaks
4 Happy Switzer.
5 Travelling Musician.
6 Pigeon Pie.
7 A Dry Customer.
8 Inspired Musicians.
9 Signor Blowhard.
10 Out AU Night.
11 A Tempest in a Beer Fot.
12 Bumble the Beadle.
13 Hans Breitman.
• 14 Preparing for a Masque- rade. , 15 Sir Bock.
16 Lobster Sauce.
17 Don#Quixote.
18 A Family of Tumblers.
19 Gulliver and the Lilliputs.
20 A Full Dress Promenade.
21 Mark Twain in the Holy
Land.
22 A Big Boar.
23 Bill Posters. *
24 Bicycle Rider.
25 Order of Full Moon.
26 The Equestrian.
27 Crowning him.
28 Preparing for Conquest.
29 High Art.
30 French Cook's Ball.
31 Tea and Gossip.
32 Chinese Schoolmaster.
33 An Artist in China.
34 China Eose.
35 Chinese Mustache well
Waxed. •36 Chinese Horn Pipe.
37 Animated Tea Pot.
38 Bock on the Warpath.
39 A Fighting Cock.
40 A Eamro (a) d.
41 Gathering Ostrich Feathers.
42 Sancho Pansa.
43 A Member of the Ku Klux
Clan.
44 The Belle of our Town, from
Life.
45 Borneo.
46 Diogenes.
4X Othello, or the Mo (o) re the Merrier.
48 H ay ti an Doctor.
49 Beautiful Oil of the Sea,
50 A Life on the Ocean Wave.
51 A Sandwhich Island Clam- bake.
52 Scratch my Back.
53 High Life in the Cannibal Islands.
54 A perfect Adonis.
55 Bear and For-bear.
56 A Jersey Tramp.
57 Wandering Jews.
58 Apollo Belvidere.
59 Ass me no Questions.
60 Three Graces.
61 Pilgrims of the Ehine.
62 The Light of Other Days.
63 The Happy Farmer.
64 The Serenade.
65 A Penny-a-liner.
66 The Old Sexton.
67 A Five-cent Shave.
68 Wearing of the Black.
69 French Dancing Master, No. 1.
70 French Dancing Master, No. 2.
71 Belle's of the Ball.
72 Scotch or Irish (Whiskey).
73 A Waiter at Saratoga-Soup, Sir?
74 A Waiter at Saratoga- Game, Sir?
75 A Waiter at Saratoga— Eoast, Sir?
76 A Challenge Dance.
77 All Broke up.
78 Too much Physic.
79 Checkmate.
80Spri g Chicken's Year,1801.
81 The Gossips.
82 Fagin the Jew.
83 A Musical Coffee Grinder.
84 Lord Mayor of London.
85 Major De Boots.
86 Dick Deadeye.
87 The Cobbler's Sweat-stone.
88 Japhat in search of a Father.
89 A Swei Glass of Bier.
90 Our Friend from the West.
91 A Travelling Parson.
92 A Eoyal Good Time.
93 Off for the las Train.
94 Look out for the Locomo- tive .
95 He di3 Trot in 2:20.
96 Our Prof essor.
97 The Fiend
98 Our Crack Penman.
99 Mrs. Mac Sweeney
100 A Pasha of Many Tales.
101 Jacob Faithful.
102 Dombey & Son.
103 How Can I Leave Thee.
104 The Woman in Black.
105 A Sleeping Beauty.
106 The Horse Trade.
107 Champion Skater.
108 The Enthusiastic Botanist.
109 An Intruder.
110 Midnight Marauder.
111 The Two Puppies.
112 Stanley in Africa.
113 Courtship in Sleepy Hollow.
114 Lion.
115 Elephant.
116 Stag.
117 Horse.
118 Dog.
119 The Eacer.
120 Interview with Bony Part.
121 The Grand Trunk.
122 Pussy Prima Donna.
123 Midsummer Night's Dream.
124 The Lone Fisherman.
125 Th Funny Story.
126 John Chinaman.
127 The Dancers.
128 Sportsman— Cocked and
Primed.
129 Sportsman — Shooting o n
the Wing.
130 Sportsman — Dead Shot.
131 Higher than a Kite.
132 Poor Devil on Two Sticks.
133 End of the Tale.
134 Visit to the Quack.
135 The two Orphans.
136 Paddy and the Pigs.
137 In his Father's Shoes.
138 Eclipsed by the Sun.
139 The Light of other Days.
140 The Morning Call..
141 Ghost of a Frog.
142 When shall we three Meet
Again.
143 How to make Money.
144 After a C ck Tail.
145 The tight Boot.
146 The hanging of the Crane.
147 Old Clothes Man.
148 Street Musician.
149 The Mulligan Guards.
150 All the Style.
T. II. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
ARTISTIC GEMS.
Fine Coloied Photographs, $1.50 each; $18-00 per dozen. (Three inches diameter; each view mounted in slider 4x7 inches.)
Alone.
An Affair of Honor, No. 1. }
Between two Ports. Cobbler. Van JIaanen. Daring Highway Robbery,
(Child attacked by Geese.) Day of Reckoning. Waller. Deer in Woodburn Park. Departure of Fishing Boats. Departure of the Troops. Fazet. Festival Night in Venice. Fiances. Loustannan. First Attempt. Johnson. Flown.
Forbidden Fruit. Girondists on way to Execution. Good Night, Constellation.
" Group of Cherubs.
Haying Time. Imperial Courier. Joyous Band. King's Highway. Moonshiners, No. 1. )
" 2. [
" 3. ) Morning. Kaulbach.
Music Lesson.
Mute Appeal.
Only a Shower.
Pegged down Fishing Match.
Peter the Great Saved by his Mother.
Prisoner. Gerome.
Proposal. Be Blaas.
Return of Fishing Boats.
Scotland Forever. C. Butler.
Scratch Pack.
Smile and Frown, No. 1. )
• it (l it * * O l
a. )
Stampede.
Steamer at Pier. Auchenbach.
There's Many a Slip, etc.
To My Earthly Home. Kaulbach.
Too Late.
Three Little Kittens.
Twixt Love and Duty.
Unwelcome Customer. Knaus.
Vexation. Be Blaas.
Village Wedding.
Washington's Birth-Day.
Waterfall. Auchenbach.
Wine, Song and Love.
Zoological Garden, Paris.
The above can also be furnished in style of {Jrayon Photograph Slides, 50 cents
each, $45.00 per 100.
New Slides for the DEGREE OF REBECCA, 1.0 OF
Fine Colored Photographs, $1.50 each. Crayon Photographs, 50 cents each.
Moon and Seven Stars. Rebecca at the Well.
Bee Hive. Ruth and Naomi.
Dove with Outspread Wings. Miriam.
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A new line of humorous slides, of superior execution, showing the play of features under diverse circumstances. These are all Photographed from fine originals and are finished in three styles, as follows: —
Finely colored, with movement to the eyes, each mounted in slide, 4 by 7 inches $2.00
Finely colored, without movement to eyes, on* glass plate 3}4. inches square, with protecting cover glass • $1.25
Uncolored, without movement to eyes, on glass plate 3}£ inches square, with protecting cover glass 0.50
No. No.
1 — The Mellow Pear. 5— The Don of Medicine.
2— A Good Taste. 6— A Fine Segar
7— A Pinch of Snuff.
8— Irritation — confound that fly
9— Disgust— a bad piece of salad
3— A Good Chop
4— The Good Glass of Wine
No.
10— Dissection — clipping th
fly's wings. 11— The French Clown. 12— Uncle Tom.
T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
REPRODUCTIONS OF THE OLD MASTERS.
To meet the growing interest in Art Subjects of a high class we have inaugu- rated a line consisting principally of "Reproductions of the Old Masters" made from direct Photographs of celebrated paintings in the various European Galleries, and therefore calculated to exhibit the exact style of each Master much more vividly than if made from engravings.
In style of our Fine Colored Photograph Slides, $1.50 each. In style of our Crayon Photograph Slides, 50 cents each.
Attori. Child Christ asleep on the Cross. Uffizi Gallery.
Fra Angelico. Coronation of the Vir- gin. Uffizi Gallery.
Michael Angelo. The Fates. Florence.
Botticelli. Birth of Venus. . Florence.
Boucher. Infant Christ and St. John.
Bronzino. Young Medici. Florence.
Correggio. Virgin adoring Child. Uffizi Gallery.
Chierici. Boy with Mask. Milan.
Carlo Bold. Angel Gabriel. Florence.
Carlo Dolci. Madonna della Stoffe.
Quercino. Endymion Asleep.
Guercino. Samian Sybil. Florence.
Guercino. Abraham and Hagar. Milan.
Gastaldi. Pietro-Micca. Turin.
Gveutze. Young Girl. Louvre.
Greutze. The Broken Pitcher. Louvre.
Le Brun. Portrait of Self . Florence.
Le Brun. Portrait of Self and Child.
Murillo. Madonna. Louvre.
Guido Beni, Beatrice. Barberini Pal- ace.
Guido Beni.
Cleopatra. Pitti Palace.
Raphael. Madonna of Grand Duke.
Raphael. Madonna Jardiniere. Louvre.
Raphael. Madonna Cardellino. Uffizi Gallery.
Raphael. Madonna of Chair. Florence.
Raphael. Madonna dell' Impannata.
Raphael. Marriage of the Virgin. Milan.
Raphael. Vision of Ezekiel. Florence.
Raphael. Portrait of Self. Florence.
Raphael. Portrait of Fornarini. Bar- berini Gallery.
Raphael. Veiled Lady. Pitti Palace.
Bel Sarto. St. John Baptist. Florence.
Sassoferrato. Madonna. Uffizi Gallery.
Sodoma. Martyrdom St. Sebastian.
8u8termans. Prince of Denmark. Pitti Palace.
Titian. Cupid and Danae. Naples.
Titian. Magdalen. Pitti Palace.
Tintoretto. Vulcan with Venus and Cupid. Pitti Palace.
Van Dyvk. Children of Charles I.
P. Veronese. Toilet of Venus. Rome.
Van Mieris. Old Man and Woman.
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For Portraits of Celebrated Artists, see our Catalogue, page 60.
DIORAMIC PAINTINGS.
WITH MOVING FIGURES.
On Slides from 12 to 14 inches long, with two Glasses, on one of which the scene is painted, and on the other the Figures. The Glass containing the Figures is moved in a groove and the Figures, Vessels, &c. , appear to cross the Scene.
THE FOLLOWING ARE ALL OF NEW DESIGNS — $3.00 EACH.
Ruins of an Abbey, with procession of Monks. — Moonlight. Bridge at Poitiers, France — Boat and Swans. "
Chateau on the Lake — Boats passing. . ' '
Grenoble, France — Travellers crossing a Bridge. "
Hospital of St. Bernard, Switzerland. Procession of Monks. Moonlight.
Alpine Glaciers, Switzerland. .Travellers pursued by Bears. "
Railway Bridge in the Tyrolese Alps. Locomotive and cars passing. "
Castle of Chillon Lake, Geneva — Vessels passing. Castle on the Rnine — Boats passing. On the Nile— " . *
An African Forest — Elephant, &c. "
East India Scene — Boat and Crocodiles. • "
Winter View, Siberia— Guard of Soldiers. •
" Belgium — Gixmp of Skaters.
Switzerland—
—Alpine Chapel. French Farm House on Fire— Firemen arriving. Ship on Fire — Boats leaving the ship. •
T. II. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
PLACES OF INTEREST.
Uncolored Photographs, each on glass slide, 3£ x 4 inches, with Protecting
Cover glass, 50 cents each; $45.00 per 100.
Chicago. La Salle Tunnel. Lumber Exchange. ' Group Indian Statuary. Grand Pacific Hotel. Court House. Mich. Cent. RE. Station. First Nat. Bank.
Washington Park — Grand Stand. County Hospital. The Crib, Lake Michigan. State St. , — Palmer House. • Washington dub House. Lincoln Park — Supt.'s House. Post Office. Stock Yard Entrance. Stock Yard — Interior. Union Depot.
Cincinnati. River and Levees. Inclined R.R., Highland.
Price's Hill. " Bellevue.
Public Library.
Music Hall.
County Prison.
Suspension Bridge.
Post Office.
View -'On the Rhine."
City Hospital.
Court House.
Panorama.
Grand Central Depot.
St. Louis. Humboldt Statue. Broadway. Planters' House.
Tower Grove Park, Musjc Stand. Chamber of Commerce.
Min neapolis. Union Depot. City Hall.
Piflsbury Flour Mill. Minnehaha Falls.
St. Paul. State Capitol. Union Depot.
FOREIGN YIEWS.
West Indies. Dominica. — Government House.
" Boiling Lake.
" Carib Kitchen.
Two Old Caribs. Martinique — The Quay.
" Birthplace of Josephine.
" Home of Josephine.
" Statue of Josephine.
" A Mulatress.
" An Octoroon.
" A Quadroon.
A Mulatto. Cocoanut Island. Sugar Plantation, Tobago. English Harbor, Antigua.
Uruguay. Foundling Hospital, Montevideo. Patio Hotel de la Pai, ■ " Panadero, or Baker, delivering Bread,
Montevideo.
Patagonia. The Santa Cruz River. Bluff at the Mouth of Santa Cruz River. Keel Point, Santa Cruz River. Rocky Coast, Mouth of Santa
River.
Labrador. Esquimaux and Kyaks. Esquimaux in Winter Costume. Fish Cove.
Icebergs — St. Nicholas Bay. Square Island Harbor.
Cruz
CHARLESTON AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE.
From Original Negatives. 50 cents each.
Cotton Exchange.
Gas Works.
Hibernian Hall, King Street.
Bird's Oil Warehouse.
Ravenel Mansion.
Residence on East Bay Street.
East Bay Street, looking north.
View on Meeting Street.
Scene on Battery Park — High Life in
Government Tents. Scene on Marion Square — Low Life in
all sorts of Tents. An Earthquake Fissure. Crater at Ten Mile Hill. Wreck of Gen. Minott's Residence,
Summerville. Charleston Express (ox-cart).
T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
PRICE LIST
OF
FOSTERS & PROGRAMMES
FOR
EXHIBITIONS.
Size, 29 by 42 inches.
On White Paper .$25.00 per 1000
On Colored Paper 27.00
Printed in Blue Ink '. . . . 29.00
Printed in Two Colors 50.00
Size, 141 by 42 inches.
On White Paper $10.00 per 1000
On Colored Paper 12.00
Printed in Blue Ink 14.00
Printednn Two Colors 20.00
Size, 21 by 28 inches.
On White Paper $10.00 per 1000
On Colored Paper ~ . 1 1. 00
Printed in Blue Ink , 12.00
Printed in Two Colors 17.00
Size, 1(H by 29 inches,
On White Paper $ 8.00 per 1000
On Colored Paper 9.00
Printed in Blue Ink 10.00
Printed in Two Colors '. 14.00
Size, 7i by 29 inches.
On White Paper $ 6.00 per 1000
On Colored Paper 7.00
Printed in Blue Ink 9. 00
Printed in Two Colors 12.00
Size, 6 by 10 inches.
On White Paper $ 4.00 per 1000
On Colored Paper 5.00 ' '
Printed in Blue Ink 6.00 . '*
Printed in Two Colors ,„. 7.00
JE3P" We have a large variety of attractive cuts, which can be printed ■with above if desired, without increase of price.
Admission Tickets, on Colored Cards $1.75 per 100.
Cannot print Posters in quantities less than lOOO. <f " Tickets " *« *« " 100.
A (hide in the Selection of a Stereopticen or
The proper illumination of the picture projected by a Stereopticon or Magic Lantern depends largely upon the condensing lenses employed, which vary in sev- eral particulars, according to the price of the instrument.
In the cheaper styles, such as the Cabinet Magic Lanterns, Nos. 670, 67,1, the price compels the employment of a single condensing lens, 3$ inch diameter.
But in all the first-class instruments described in this Catalogue, there are two ^•ondensers in each Lantern, which afford a better illumination than is obtained by a single condenser. The condensers are made either double convex or piano con- vex, the latter being superior, yielding more light, and diffusing the illumination more uniformly over the entire picture.
To illuminate the glass picture, the condenser must, of course, be larger than the picture, and the larger it is (within certain limits), the better will be the illumin- ation. Experience has shown that condensers of 4J- to 4f inches diameter supply every requisite, and our principal sales are of the instruments having piano convex condensers of those diameters.
The Catalogue gives full particulars concerning the object glasses. It may be added, however, that the Cabinet Magic Lanterns having one object glass have but one magnifying power, whereas all the higher-priced instruments have two object glasses, by the different combinations of which three magnifying powers are ob- tained.
The mode of adjusting the focus of the object-glasses is either by a "Sliding Tube" or a " Brass Rack" the latter being much more convenient and accurate.
To exhibit at a glance the special points referred to above, we give below a list of the various instruments, classified according to the style of the condensers, and the focal adjustment for the object glasses.
First. — Having in each Lantern two Piano Convex Condensers, 4r\ inches diameter ; RACK adjustment for focus.
Oxy-Hydrogen, Nos. 600, 601, 602, 610, 611, 614.
Oxy-Calcium, Nos. 620, 625, 626, 630, 635.
T. H. McAllister's New Bi-unial Lamp, Nos. 640, 650.
Second. — Having in each Lantern two Piano Convex Conden* sers, 4i inches diameter ; RACK adjustment for focus.
Oxy-Hydrogen, Nos. 603, 604, 605, 612, 613. Oxy-Calcium, Nos. 621, 622, 627, 628, 631, 632, 636, 637. T. H. McAllister's New Bi-unial Lamp, Nos. 641, 651. Argand Gas, Nos. 660, 661.
Third. — Having in each Lantern two Double Convex Con- densers, 4\ inches diameter ; SLIDING TUBE adjustment for focus.
Oxy-Calcium, Nos. 623, 624, 633, 634, 638, 639.
T. H. McAllister's New Bi-unial Lamp, Nos. 643, 652.
Fourth. — Having in each Lantern two Double Convex Con- densers, 3\ inches diameter ; SLIDING TUBE adjustment for focus.
T. H. McAllister's New Bi-unial Lamp, Nos. 644, 653.
Fifth. — Having in each Lantern one Condenser, 3| inches diameter; SLIDING TUBE adjustment for focus.
Cabinet Magic Lanterns, Nos. 670, 671.
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A good Magic Lantern or Stereopticon Exhibition is always attractive to aU
classes of the community
In every locality there is an opening for a man to do an excellent business with a Magic Lantern or Stereopticon and an assortment of interesting Views, in giving exhibitions to Sunday Schools, Academies, Lyceums, Public Audiences, Families, etc., etc
Only make an intelligent public aware of the fact that you are prepared to givt such entertainments, and you will have little difficulty in procuring engagements.
The first cost of an outfit is small when compared with the business that can be done, hence offering great inducements to a person with moderate capital.
There is no difficulty in learning the working of the apparatus ; any one of ordinary intelligence, by following the printed directions in our Catalogue cannot fail to produce the desired results. No heavy labor is demanded, so that persons in delicate health have often succeeded in carrying on the business satisfactorily.
The running expenses are very slight and the profit remunerative, as from $ I O.OO tO $50.00 Per night is often received by those who use propel means to bring the entertainments before the public.
t. h. McAllister,
Manufacturing Optician.
49 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK
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Tliis Catalogue is for Gratuitous Distribution, and. is Sent Mail, on application, Free of Charge.
FEBRUARY, 1887.
•r~. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
'HE Stereo pticons and Magic Lanterns enumerated in this Catalogue, are all manufactured under out- personal supervision, are warranted perfect 'in every particulir, and onibine numerous mipros'ements suggested by an experience of many years. »
Making a specialty of these goods, we have always on hand the largest assortment in the United States, of all grades of jjrice, so as to meet the wants of all classes of customers.
In the manufacture of the various Magic Lanterns, Stereopticons, and accessory apparatus, durability and simplicity have been especially studied. Nothing is com- plicated, and the i r nted directions give all the information required to enable any one, anywhere, to set up and operate any of the instruments.
Instruments of our manufacture are in successful operation in every State and Territory iu the Union, and in various foreign countries ; and have received diplomas and medals from the American Institute of the City of New York, the Brooklyn Industrial Iustitute, and the U. S. Centennial Exhibition.
An exhibition of a Stereopticon or Magic Lantern will be given without charge, during business hours, to parties desirous of purchasing.
The principal points of superiority in our instruments are generally specified in the description of each apparatus ; we would, however, call attention to the following as especially deserving the notice of customers :
1st. OUR SLIDE SPUING AND STOP. This arrangement was invented by us several years since, has been fully tesled, is highly approved by all who have used it, and is only FOUND in the Apparatus of OUR make. It holds the View firmly in the central line of the Lenses, at tbe same time levelling it ; and the View can be placed in the Lantern with one hand instead of requiring both hands, as is necessary with the Magic Lanterns of other manufacture. In producing the Dissolving Views, it is invaluable, causing the Pictures to "register" properly upon the Screen. It often happens that two succeeding scenes in a set of Dissolving Views differ very slightly from each other. In such a case, it is very important that they should "register " one with another ; that is, occupy the same place on the Screen, and our Slide Spring and Stop is the easiest and best mode of attaining this object, and heightens greatly the myst hi y which, to the uninitiated, is always inseparable from an exhibition of Dissolving Views. >
2nd OUR GAS BAGS. The Gas Bag^ supplied with our Oxy-Hydrogeu and Oxy-Calcium instruments are of very superior quality, and will outlast three or four of ttie ordinary Rubber Bags.
They are made expressly to our order, of the best quality India Rubber; lined with heavy canvas duck on both the outer and inner surfac?s, which serves as a protection from injury, and also prevents the surfaces from sticking together in warm climates. The Bags are of wedge shape, the cock being at the large end, which is much more convenient than when at the small end, as in the common Bags. These Bags have frequently been tested with a pressure of 1.000 pounds.
3d. OUR COMBINATION CARRIERS. (See illustrations Nos. 711, 712, of ■Catalogue. ) Nothing has tended so much to popularize the uucolored Crayon Pho- tographs on square glass as the Combination Carriers.
The expense of framing each of the above Views separately is obviated, and the Carriers carry and centre the square Views of either French, English or American make
OUR ASSORTMENT OF VIEWS is the largest in the country, embracing a greit many Views not named in the Catalogue ; and constant additions of novelties are being made to the stock, so that we can supply an outfit illustrating any subject of popular interest. In addition to our own, we can furnish Views from any list of other makers, American or foreign.
In ordering Views our customers ■would consult their interests by leaving the selection of them somewhat to us; as our long experience will frequently enable us to make a better selection than would be possible with a person entirely unacquainted with the character of the Views.
Special Views made to order at short notice.
Views can be safely sent by mail.
OUR GOODS ARE ALL NEW.
WE HAVE NO Ot^D STOCK.
T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
INTRODUCTORY.
The origin of the Magic Lantern, like that of so many other inventions, ia involved in considerable doubt ; from obscure passages in some old authors, it has been claimed that the instrument was known to the ancients, and that the priests of the Egyptians employed it to heighten the mysteries of their religion. The first authentic account of it, however, goes back about 300 years, and though it was then a very rude and primitive affair, its revelations appeared marvelous to the uneducated audiences of those times, who bestowed on the wonderful instrument the fitting name of MAGIC LANTEEN.
"No OTHER OPTICAL INSTRUMENT HAS EVER CAUSED SO MITCH WONDERMENT AND
delight. " For centuries it was regarded as a mere toy for the amusement of children, but in time, its capabilities as a means of education and intelligent entertainment were recognized, and men of science interested themselves in improving the character of the apparatus and the necessary views; and as a result, the Magic Lantern has been raised to the position of a scientific instrument, of vast service in the instruction of youth, and the entertainment of the family circle, or as a beautiful and refining recr» ative exhibition to an intelligent audience.
When two Magic Lanterns, illuminated with the Oxy-Hydrogen or the Oxy-Cfu oium light are combined, the instrument is called THE STEEEOPTICON, and i» used principally for enlarging Photographic views of Natural Scenery. These vidw& being "Sun Pictures," are correct in every detail of light, shade and perspective, and when brilliantly illuminated and properly magnified, stand out on the screen with an almost Stereoscopic effect. The use of the Steropticon is not confined to thi» class of views, as any other of the views enumerated in this catalogue can be admir- ably shown with it.
The perfected Magic Lantern or Stereopticon is, in the principle of its construc- tion, identical with the Magic Lantern of our childhood, but so improved and elabo- rated, as to be adapted to the production of the most beautiful effects of light and shade, form and color. By its aid the most delicately painted picture of the artist •can be projected upon the canvass, in all its original glow of beauty, with often tha added effect of realty of life and motion. Besides, the most fairy-like transformations can be produced, so that the beholder may easily imagine himself in the palace of the enchanter.
The instrument administers not only to the pleasures of the eye and the imagin- ation, but is a valuable adjunct in populariz.ng science, and increasing our knowledge of the world. IN THE EDUCATION OF YOUTH the value of pictorial illustra- tions is accepted as the most efficient mode of fixing ideas in the mind, particularly when attained by the medium of the Magic Lantern, as, all surrounding objects being excluded, the attention of the student can be concentrated on the one point illustrated by the picture on the screen. The large assortment of views now attainable will enable a skillful instructor to illustrate before a class many subjects which have heretofore been impossible to explain, except orally ; and thus, to convey many lessons of vital importance in a most forcible manner, while the fascinating character of the exhibition will give a charm to what would otherwise be considered a "dry lecture." The value of the Magic Lantern for the above purposes is acknowledged by all who have tested it. A gentleman at the head of one of the largest institutions in the country, in which a Stereopticon of our make is constantly used, writes thus : "Aftes the Stereopticon, the Blackboard seems almost gcod for nothing. I wonder
HOW WE HAVE MANAGED SO LONG WITHOUT IT, "f ■*
The Magic Lantern has proved very serviceable in INSTITUTIONS FOE THE TEEATMENT OF THE INSANE, as by its means the patients are amused and interested, and their minds turned ii to new channels of thought. Dr. Kirkbride, of the Pennsylvania Hospital for In^am:, says : "No Institution can well afford to be without a Lantern and good assortment of S-ioss "
T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
MASONIC AND OTHER LODGES, and various secret societies have adopted it, as the most efficient, attractive and economical means of illustrating their rituals. This Catalogue contains lists of views for the demonstration of the work of several organizations, and other desired views can readily be made to order.
As a PARLOR ENTERTAINMENT for tue amusement of private families nothing excels the Magic Lantern. " Who does not eecall the mute wonder
AND DELIGHT WITH WHICH, IN COMPANY WITH OTHER JUVENILES, HE WITNESSED FOR THE FIRST TIME THE MYSTERIES OF THE MaGIC LANTERN. "
ADVERTISING STEREOPTICONS have proved veiy popular and lucrative when properly managed. One of our first-class Oxy-Hydrogeu Stereopticons was sold to the Erie Railway Co. for this purpose, and was for a long time in successful operation nightly, in the open air, at the corner of Broadway and Twenty-third St., opposite the Filth Avenue Hotel. Business cards of the advertisers, prepared as Magic Lantern Slides, being thrown upon the canvas, highly magnified and brilliantly illuminated, interspersed with local views, artistic and comic pictures, cannot fail to attract the gaze of the crowds nightly promenading the streets of any city or town Each advertisement being shown separately makes a much more lasting impression than when glauced at in a newspaper.
There is no form of POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT that pays so well on the amount invested, and the running expenses of which are as slight ; when judiciously conducted it is a remunerative and pleasant business, and offers great inducements to a man with moderate capital.
Photography has proved a valuable agent in developing the resources of the instrument, and is extensively applied to the economical production of transparencies for the Magic Lantern, which besides being faithful representations, are beautiful works of art. There are no subjects, however intricate, that may not thus be readily illustrated, as will be seen by examining the detailed lists of views enumerated in this Catalogue; in which illustrations of the choicest works of art, travels and voyages, history and science, Scriptural scenes, portraits of prominent persons, etc., etc., will be found appropriately classified.
While the character of the illustrations has thus improved, and has driven out the miserable paintings formerly made, the optical and mechanical portions of the apparatus have correspondingly advanced, so that more perfect effects can be obtained than with the old-fashioned Lanterns, and at the same time with far more convenience and ease to the operator.
A Magic Lantern consists essentially of :— 1st, a source of light; 2d, a case to enclose the light ; 3d, Condensing Lenses ; 4th, Object Glasses.
1st. THE LIGHT. The best light that can be practically and satisfactorily used in a Magic Lantern is the Oxy-Hydrouen, otherwise known as the "Drummond," the "Cilcium," and the "Lime " light. This brilliant light was invented by the late Prof. Hare, of the University of Pennsylvania, and is produced by the ignition of lime in a compound flame of Oxygen and Hydrogen gases. The rays proceeding from it are very intense and of a dazzling whiteness, and will magnity tue views to the size of twenty-five to thirty feet diameter, according to the character of the Lenses employed, and is adapted for Halls of any size. The methods of making the Gases, and of manipulating the Jets in all the forms of Oxy-Hydrogen Apparatus in this Catalogue, are so simple, that any one can be sure of success by following the printed directions furnished. (See apparatus Nos. 600 to 614, and Jets Nos. 705. 706.) Various attempts have been made to substitute some other equally intense illumination, but all have proved failures when subjected to the test of practical experience ; among these may be named the Magnesium light, the Zirconium light, etc. The Electric light is impracticable for Magic Lantern use ; it is not a steady light as the Oxy Hy- drogen, but flickers, owing to the unequal consumption of the carbon points, and the most economical manner of obtaining it now employed requires the aid of a pow- erful Steam Engine. ^
'The Oxy-Calcium is a modification of the Oxy-Hydrogen l'ght, yielding a fine light, though of less intensity. There are two patterns of jets for producing this light ; in the Jet No. 702 of this Catalogue a stream of Oxygen passes through an Alcohol flame to a cylinder of Lime ; but in the improved form, No. 703, the Jet is connected ■with a Gas Fixture by a piece of rubber tubing, and House Gas is burned instead of Alcohol, the stream of Oxygen being passed through it. The Oxy-Calcium light will
T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York. 5
magnify the views handsomely of any desired size up to fifteen feet diameter, and is admirably adapted for use in medium-sized Halls and Churches. (See Apparatus Nos. 620 to 63lJ. )
In many cases, however, a sufficiently powerful illumination can be obtained with Kerosene Oil, in a properly constructed Lamp. As none of the ordinary forms of Lamps yielded the necessary intensity of illumination, we have, after a long series of experiments, devised our New Bi-unial Lamp, which has proved superior to any other form of Oil Lamp for Magic Lantern use, and has given universal satisfaction to our customers, magnifying the views to eight feet in diameter. Our aim has been to combine intensity of illumination with simplicity of construction, and durability; and we can confidently recommend the Bi-unial as being Superior in all these important particulars to any Oil Lamp heretofore used for Magic Lantern Illumination. (The Bi- unial is supplied with our various styles of Apparatus from Nos. 640 to 653.)
An Akgand Ga.s Burner, connected with a gas fixture by a piece of rubber tiih. ing, is sometimes used in a Magic Lantern. but does not afford a light equal to that of the Bi-unial Lamp. (See Apparatus Nos. 660 to 662.) - 2d. THE CASE. A ca^e is required to enclose the Jet or Lamp, to prevent the light from spreading over the Hull, and thereby detracting from the brilliancy of the picture on the screen. In our finest forms of apparatus the cases are of well-seasoned mahogany ; of substantial japanned tin in the other styles. In every instance the cases are made with large, well- ventilated air chambers, so as not to become unduly and uncomfortably heated, which is sure to happen when Lanterns are made too small, as all exhibitors can testify who have "broiled " over a so-called "Compact" Lantern, in which, in addition to the discomfort to the operator, there is a risk of" breaking the Condensing Lenses by the confined heat. In all apparatus of our man- ufacture the air chamber is utilized in transportation, as the Jet, or Lamp, Chimney, Lantern front, Object Glasses, etc.,.are packed within it. Each case is made with a large door at side and back, so as to afford every facility for adjusting the light, etc.
3d. THE CONDENSING LENSES serve to condense the rays of light upon the transparent picture, whica is placed close to them ; and at the same time converges the rays so as to cause them to pass through the Object Glasses to the screen. To illuminate properly, the Condensing Lenses must of course be larger than the transparent picture. In former days, when all Magic Lantern pictures were painted by hand, and were often necessarily of large size, the Condensers were sometimef obliged to be eight, ten, or even twelve inches diameter. Photography, however, has done away with the necessity of making the slides so large, and consequently the Condensing Lenses need not be made of the dimensions formerly employed. The standard size now adopted for Photographic Lantern slides is three inches diameter, and experience has shown that Condensing Lenses of four and five-eighth inches diameter at the farthest supply every demand. The finest instruments described in this Catalogue are furnished with double condensers of that diameter, while in some of the other grades of instruments, Condensers of smaller diameter are employed. A combination of two Plano-Convex Condensing Lenses has been found to yield the best results. The Catalogue gives also a line of Lanterns fitted with Double Convex Condensing Lenses, two in each Lantern, and in the cheapest form of Exhibition. Lanterns (Nos. 670, 671), there is but oue Condensing Lens. Triple Condensers have been proposed, but have been found to yield no advantages commensurate with their increased cost.
In all the instruments noted in this Catalogue, especial care has Deen bestowed to have the Condensing Lenses made of the clearest glass, free from any imperfections, accurately ground and polished, and properly mounted.
4th. THE OBJECT GLASSES. The Object Glasses of a Magic Lantern are mounted in front of the transparent glass picture, which being illuminated by the aid of the Condensing Lenses, is magnified and projected upon the Screen by the Object Glasses. However brill .antly the transparency may be illumiuated, it will not be truly transmitted to the screen if the Object Glasses are not correct in material, form and focus. If the glass of which they are made is not clear, the image on the screen will be obscure ; if the curves of the lenses are not accurately ground, and the sur- faces are not highly polished, the magnified picture will be presented with indefinite- ness and distortion ; and if the lenses are not of proper focus, the view will not bft magnified to the desired dimensions.
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, T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
In the finest instruments specified in this Catalogue, the Object Glasses are Achromatic ; each Glass being a combination of a Convex Lens of Crown, with a Concave Lens of Flint, as shown in the annexed diagram. An "Achromatic" Object Glass presents the picture on the screen clear and sharply denned, free from any blurred outline of prismatic colors. The great advantage of Achromatic Object Glasses is especially noticed with the Uncolored Views of Statuary, Architecture, Natural Scenery, etc., while they lend an additional charm to the finely Colored Photographic Views.
In the Stereopticons and Phantasmagoria Magic Lanterns not fitted with Achromatic Lenses, the Object Glasses are a combination of Concavo-Convex Lenses made of the best Crown glass, accurately ground and polished, and giving results approaching as nearly as possible to those produced by the Achromatic Object Glasses. « i
>Magnifyino Powers. The dimensions of the 'magnified picture produced by any Object Glass will depend upon the distance between the apparatus and the screen— the greater the distance, the larger the picture ; and as the position of the apparatus will vary according to the size and proportions of a building, it is some- times necessary to place the apparatus near the screen, and at other times further off ; for instance at the extreme end of a Hall, Theatre, or Church, in the rear of the audience. An Object Glass which will make a picture of proper size at short range, will make entirely too large a picture at long range. It is therefore very desirable to have an apparatus with different magnifying powers, one or the other of which can be used as the occasion may demand. The advantage of an apparatus thus arranged will be appreciated by any one who has used a Magic Lantern furnished with only one Magnifying Power of Short Range, with which it is necessary to be always near the screen to produce the picture of proper size, thus frequently obstructing the view of the audience, and detracting very much from the beauty of the exhibition.
All the Stereopticons and Phantasmagoria Magic Lanterns specified in this Cata- logue, are supplied with Object Glasses giving carious powers, the results of whkh are given approximately on the annexed "Tarles of Powers."
Achromatic Object Glosses.
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Distance of Screen from |
Size of Picture with High |
Size of Picture with Low |
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Apparatus. |
Power. |
Power. |
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10 Feet. |
5 Feet. |
3 Feet. |
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20 " |
10 ■' |
(1 " |
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30 " |
15 '.' |
9 " |
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40 '• |
2(1 " |
12 ■" |
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50 " |
25 " |
15 " |
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60 " |
30 • |
is " |
*** Our "Universal " Stereopticon, also Xos. 600, (iOl. and 625, have in addition to above, two additional powers of extra long range.
Conca co- Convex, Object Glasses.
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Distance of Screen from |
Size of Picture with |
Size of Picture with |
Size of Picture with |
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Apparatus. |
High Power. |
Medium I'o'wr |
Low Power. |
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10 Fee . |
6 Feet. |
5 Feet. |
3 Feet. |
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20 " |
12 " |
10 •' |
6 " |
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30 " |
18 " |
15 " |
!l •' |
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40 " |
24 " |
20 " |
18 " |
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.->•> " |
30 " |
25 " |
15 " |
In our cheapest form of Exhibition Lantern, see Nos. 670, 671, the low price compels the em- ployment of a single Object Glass, which is a double Convex I. ens of the best Crown glass, accu- rately ground and polished ; making a picture of 5 feet diameter, w hen the apparatus is about 10 feet from the screen. f»
ADJUSTMENT OF FOCUS. To make the details of the Picture on the Screen sharp and well defined, the Object tilasses must be moved in or out very gradually, or "focussed," until the desired result is obtained. In the cheaper instruments, this la accomplished by moving the Tubes by hand ; but all the finer instruments are provided with a Rack work controlled by large milled Head, which is far more accurate and convenient than the Sliding-Tube Adjustment.
T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
VIEWS,
This Catalogue contains an extensive list of Views, to which additions are being constantly made ; giving an assortment illustrating all subjects of popular interest, and graded in price a 'cording to the style of nnish. Tae Views are of a uniform size, and can be shown in any Magic Lantern having Condensing Lenses over 3 inches diameter.
THE FINELY COLORED PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS, leave nothing to t* desired us regards Artistic Finish.
These are carefully photographed on glass from fine engravings or original draw- ings, and delicately colored by experienced artists with the most appropriate tints. The coloring is by a peculiar process, which gives extreme brilliancy and perfect transparency, without any mark of the artist's brush, or any thick body of varnish so often seen in the old style of hand painted views. The pictures seem as it were to be incorporated in the glass, and can be magnified to any extent with all the original brilliancy and transparency ; they are not affected by extremes of heat or cold, and can even be immersed in water for any length of time without injury. This style of View is especially adapted for the illustration of Historical, Scriptural, Artistic, and Scientific subjects ; also for the production of "Sets of Dissolving Views, " a large list of which will be found in this Catalogue. These Dissolving Views cannot be used in a Single Magic Lantern, requiring a " Dissolving View Apparatus," or ft Stereopticon to yiel 1 the desired results, and always constitute a most attractive exhi- bition. The novel effect of " dissolving " one city into another — New York into London, London into Paris, Paris into Eome, etc., the exterior of a building into the interior of the same building, changing a smiling summer landscape to a snowy winter scene, etc., etc., and all in so gradual a manner as always to leave a picture before the audi- ence—produces a magical effect that never fails to please.
THE UNCOLORED PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS of world renowned places of intere-t, are valuable as being truthful representations, ( f well known buildings, monuments, or natural scenery. Great additions have recently been made to the assortment, from which views can be readily selected calculated to give an audience a perfect idea of the scenery, architecture, etc., of any portion of our own country o« of foreign lands.
An exhibition of this class of views, by the aid of an Oxy-Hydrogen Appar^ tus» accompanied by appropriate explanatory remarks, is always attractive. Tue neces- sary descriptions need not be lengthy, and can be drawn up by consulting the proper "Guide Books" and " Gazetteers." "Wilson's Lantern Journeys," in three volumes, price $2.00 per volume, contain entertaining and authentic accounts of over 1,900 views ; the volumes are sold separately or together, and are invaluable, having been compiled expressly for the use of exhibitors.
To relieve a lecturer from the labor of preparing the necessary descriptions for a collection of views, we furnish a series of carefully selected sets with a printed lec- ture accompanying each set. _^®"° Attention is especially called to the List of these "Lecture Sets."
Illustrations of Statuary stand out from the canvas with the solidity and purity cf the marble, and when shown on a delicately colored back ground supplied by a "Tiuter," produce a charming effect. Any of the "Colored Photographic Views!' can also be furnished in the style of TJncolored or "Crayon" Photos, besides which we have always on hand a large line of miscellaneous subjects, comic, etc., in the Crayon style. These TJncolored or "Crayon" Photographic Views are each on square glass three and one-quarter inches wide, and can be usedconveniently in any Stereopticon or Magic Lantern, by the medium of the Combination Carriers, Nos* 711, 712, of this Catalogue.
VIEWS WITH MECHANICAL MOVEMENTS are supplied in great variety, embracing Scientific subjects, Comic, etc., and are always interesting, especially to the younger portion of an audience. A set of Astronomical Slides, in which the movements of the Heavenly bodies are imitated by rack work, is an excellent addition to a popular Lecture on Astronomy, and the Transformation Comic Slides, Dioramig Slides, Revolving Slides, Chromatropes, etc., tend very much to enliven +-" exhibition.
b T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
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HINTS TO INTENDING PURCHASERS.
With a good outfit, properly brought to the attention of the public, an intelligent, active man can conduct a profitable business.
In the selection of an Outfit, the assortment of Views, and the style of apparatus, will be governed by the intention and means of the purchaser.
To constitute a good assortment of Views for an evening's exhibition will require not less than fifty Views ; if desired for a public entertainment, such Views must be selected as will be calculated to demand the attention of the people, attract them to the performance, and MAKE IT PAY.
The assortment of Views will depend, to a considerable extent, upon the section of country designed to be operated in, and the character of the audience particularly desired to be drawn together.
•Thus, many Views which will be very attractive to an Eastern audience, will not prove no interesting to an audience in the Western or Southern States. For a SUN- DAY SCHOOL, the majority of the Views should illustrate the events of Bible His- tory which the scholars bave been studying, or with which they may be familiar. For an ACADEMY or LYCEUM, Scientific Views should form the greater part of the programme. For a general PUBLIC AUDIENCE, or for a PARLOR ENTERTAIN- MENT, an assortment of well selected miscellaneous Views, gems of Modern and Ancient Art, Statuary, Stereographs of Natural Scenery, etc. The beautiful sets of Views well called " Dissolving Views," yielding effects which appear incomprehensible and almost magical to the uninitiated, are always popular, on account of their possess- ing that element of mystery in which mankind always delights. The gradual change of a scene from summer to winter — the falling of snow upon the scene — the introduc- tion of figures into a landscape — ,a vision, where an instant before there was a clear 6ky, etc., etc ; all have a mysterious character when seen by those unacquainted with the working of the apparatus. There is no form of Popular Entertainment, which com- bines so much that is attractive to a refined audience— being at the same time intel- lectual, pleasing and instructive— as a "Dissolving View Akt Entertainment." The Views principally chosen for such an exhibition are the choice uncolored Photo- graphic Views of renowned scenery, or Buildings of Historic, or other interest, Statuary, etc. The audience can in imagination be carried to distant scenes, and behold the art treasures of the world, the buildings or localities which have become famous either on account of their intrinsic beauty, or of important historical events with which they may be associated. London, Paris, Rome, Egypt, The Holy Land, etc., may thus be visited, and a better idea of the scenes conveyed to the mind than could be obtained by reading many books of travel.
This Catalogue contains an extended list of suitable views ; and our "LECTURE SETS" ar« admirably adapted for the purpose, as the accompanying printed Lectures supply the description of each view ready at hand. The Finely Colored Photographic Views, Transformation Comic Slides, etc., can be judiciously interspersed to make a more varied programme ; and some fine allegorical or patriotic pieces such as " The Rock of Ages," or "Washington Crossing the Delaware," etc., etc , would make a fitting close for the entertainment.
In large cities, an entertainment will often prove popular if the views are con- fined to the illustration of some one department of Art, Science, History or Travels ; but for a traveling exhibition, it has been found better to form the programme by a judicious mingling of different styles of views, having a combination ranging from " grave to gay ;" so that all classes of the community can come, with a certainty of seeing something adapted to the comprehension of every one in the hall.
And to give variety and life to any exhibition, there must be a choice selection of the comic Views, particularly those with mechanical effects, and one or more of the beautiful Chromatropes or artificial fireworks, will serve to close the performance brilliantly, and to leave a pleasing impression upon the memory of the audience.
The explanatory remarks should be brief and to the point ; -the views generally require little explanation — and people usually come to these exhibitions to be in- structed and an used by what they see, and not by what they hear ; a good anecdote, however, brought in at the right moment, will always be appreciated, and will keep the audience in good spirits, induce them to come again and bring their friends. ar>d thus MAKE IT PAY.
T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York. 9
To give strictly first-class entertainments in cities and large towns, one of our OXY- HYDROGEN STEREOPTICONS will be found to be the most complete apparatus for the purpose — being well made in every respect, convenient in ar- rangement, and free from complication ; fitted with the best Lenses and the most powerful light, capable of enlarging the Views up to twenty-five to thirty-five feet diameter. (See Apparatus Nos. 600 to 614.)
*** For $25.00 extra, either of the Oxy-Hydrogen Stereopticons can be supplied with two Oxy-Calcium Jets No. 703, and two Bi-unial Oil Lamps and Disso'ver. Thus allow- ing the apparatus to be converted at will into an Oxy-Hydrogen Stereopticon, an Oxy- Calcium Stereopticon, or a Bi-unial Dissolving View Apparatus.
*#* For $13.00 extra, either of the Oxy-Hydrogen Magic Lanterns can be supplied with an Oxy-Calcium Jet No. 703, and Bi-unial Oil Lamp ; thus allowing the apparatus to be converted at will into an Oxy-Hydrogen Magic Lantern, an Oxy-Calcium Magic Lantern, or a Phantasmagoria Magic Lantern.
The OXY-CALCIUM LIGHT is the next in intensity, and the Catalogue presents various styles of apparatus in which that light is employed, capable of enlarging the Views to fifteen feet diameter. The Oxy Calcium, particularly that with the " House Gas Attachment," is admirably adapted for exhibitions in Halls and Churches of medium capacity, Drawing-Room Entertainments, Lodge Rooms, etc. (See Apparatus Nos. 620 to 639.)
*#* For $12.00 extra, either of the Oxy-Calcium Stereopticons can be supplied with two Bi-unial Oil Lamps, and Dissolver : thus allowing the apparatus to be converted at will into an Oxy-Calcium Stereopticon. or a Bi-unial Dissolving View Apparatus.
*,* For $5.00 extra, either of the Oxy-Calcium Magic Lanterns can be supplied with a Bi-unial Oil Lamp ; thus allowing the apparatus to be converted at will into an Oxy- Calcium Magic Lantern, or a Phantasmagoria Magic Lantern.
THE DISSOLVING VIEW APPARATUS AND PHANTASMAGORIA MAGIC LANTERNS WITH BI-UNIAL LAMP, will make a highly satisfactory picture up to eight feet diameter, and will be found suitable for use in small halls, Sunday school rooms, societies, family amusements, etc. (See Apparatus Nos. 640 to 653.)
THE PARLOR MAGIC LANTERNS are designed especially for use in resi- dences wbere a connection can be made with a gas burner, and an exhibition for the younger members of the family got up at a moment's notice ■ secret societies have also found them very serviceable. (S.e Nos. 660 to 662.)
THE CABINET MAGIC LANTERN is the cheapest form of Exhibition Lantern in the market, and has been veiy popular with those who wish an economical outfit. The •' $50.00 Outfits " and the " $25.u0 Outfits " described in this Catalogue, have met the demand for a good cheap outfit, and have given excellent satisfaction. (See Nos. 670, 671.)
The "Dissolving Views" require for their production a pair of "Dissolving View Lanterns" or a "Stereopticon ," but many pretty effects can also be produced by a Single Magic Lantekn with great simplic ty and ease ; for instance, by holding a piece of delicately tinted glass in front of the objtct glasses of a Magic Lantern, an entire change is produced upon the picture on the screen, giving it a color corres- ponding with the tint of the glass ; and by the exercise of a little taste in selection of the colors employed, a variety of delicate transformations may thus be produced— a blue glass will give the effect of moonlight, a light red glass will cast a sunset glow over the picture, and so on. Statuary, also, can be colored by the use of these "tinters."
An exhibitor must be careful to have the apparatus always in perfect conditio* and the views arranged in the order in which they are to be shown ; i-o, that in t dark, the hand can be immediately placed upon the required slider. He must nev be in a hurry, and the audience must not be allowed to come too close to the appa ratus, for some inquisitive intermeddler will be sure to make confusion by dis- arranging the views, and thus mar the beauty of the exhibition.
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0X7-HYDR0GEN STEREOPTICONS.
No. 600.
I imi Timmm Ozj-Bjdrogn Stmoptteon.
Consisting of two Lanterns of finely-finished and well-seasoned kiln-dried ma- hogany with double metal tops; each fifteen inches long, eleven inches wide, eleven inches high; hinged Door at back and also at side of each Lantern; the front of each Lantern removable at pleasure to accommodate accessory apparatus for chemical or scientific experiments; mounted on elevated mahogany Platform, with lateral and vertical Movements for each Lantern; T. U. McAllister's Slide Spring and Stop; Indicator for pointing out to theaudience any particular part of the view; first-quality plano-convex Condensing-ljenses, 4% inches diameter, mounted in brass; Extra-quality large-size Achromatic Object Glasses, giving four differ- ent' magnifying powers, free from chromatic or spherical aberration; Hack- work Adjustment for focussing; first-quality Oxy-hydrogen Jets, tipped with platina, to burn the mixed gases, with elevating and clamping Screws to each Jet, and also for the Lime Cylinders; Safety Bottle for each gas; improved Dissolving Key; copper Oxygen Ketort, with Stand, Argand Spirit Lamp, Purifier and india-rubber Tubing; copper Hydrogen Generator, with Purifier and india-rubber Tubing; extra- large (30x40x30 inches area, 82 gallons capacity ) canvas-lined india-rubber Gas-Bag for Oxygen; extra-large (30x40x30 inches area, 82 Gallons capacity) canvas-lined india-rubber Gas-Bag for Hydrogen; blue and red glass Tmters; one-dozen pre- pared Lime Cylinders; one charge Chemicals for making oxygen. All the metal work of this Stereopticon is finished with heavy nickel plate, and therefore, not tarnished by use or exposure, and always presenting a handsome appearance. This instrument is made throughout in the very best manner; is adapted for use in the largest halls, and will magnify the Views of any desired size up to thirty-five feet square (1,225 square feet of surface), with fine definition and powerful illu- mination. Securely packed in two strong packing cases with hinged lids, locks and handles $4.50.00
The annexed engraving will illus- trate the construction of No. 600, the side of one Lantern being cut away to show the interior.
A— Condensing Lenses.
B— Object Glasses.
C— Dissolving Key to transfer the gases from one Lantern to the other.
D— Elevating Screw to elevate Back of each Lantern.
E— Elevating Screw to elevate Front of each Lantern.
F— Safety Bottle for Hydrogen.
G — " " for Oxygen.
H — Air Chamber for ventilation.
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T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
HcAllbter'a "Universal" §tg?t0|t!e@is
The "UNIVEKSAL" is a new pattern, of most improved construction, giving many advantages over any other form of Oxy-Hydrogen Stereopticon for general exhibition purposes, as well as for Colleges, Public Institutions, etc.
The above engraving represents the "UNIVEESAL" when set up with the Lanterns side by side, showing the general form of the apparatus, separable platform with the safety bottles, pa -king case, ftc.
The only Oxy-Hydrogen Stereopticon in which the Lanterns can be placed either side by side, or one above the other, or cau be separated and used singly.
The only "2-Story" Stereopticon which can be operated at will from either the Eight Hand, or the Left Hand side.
The only "2- Story " Stereopticon in which there is a free current of air between the Lanterns, so as to prevent the upper Lantern from becoming unduly heated.
In this "2-Story" Stereopticon the entire upper Lantern can be depressed or elevated ; — (in other makes, generally the Front only, carrying the Object Glasses, can be depressed or elevated, the light from the Jet cousecpjently being thrown out of line).
In addition to the above points of excellence, the "UNIVERSAL" combines various other advantages, among which may be mentioned the following :
THE BELLOWS EXTENSION FRONT, allowing Object Glasses 01 any range of Focus to be used, without dispersing the light over the Hall.
REMOVABLE FRONT. The Bellows Extension Front can be removed in a moment, so as to admit Vertical Attachment No. 680, Microscopic Attachment No. 681, or auy other piece of apparatus for Scientific experiments.
The Lantern bodies are extremely compact, but being thoroughly ventilated, do not become so warm as to be uncomfortable to the operator.
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The above engraving represents the "UNIVEKSAL" when set up as a * 3-Story" Stereopticon, showing the Bellows Front, Ventilating Apertures, etc.
The above engraving represents one of the Lanterns detached to use as a Single Lantern — showing the mode of detaching the Frout from the Body of the Lantern, for use of Vertical Attachment No. 680, or any other accessory for Scientific experiments.
McAllister's UNIVEKSAL Stereopticon consists of 2 Lantern Bodies of Ma- hogacy, 7 3^ inches long, 7 % inches wide, 12)^ inches high, outside measure; each body lined with Metal on inside, with double Metal top thoroughly perforated for ventilation ; Bellows front with extension admitting of Object Glasses of any length of focus, the front removable for accommodation of accessory apparatus for Scientific experiments ; mounted on elevated mahogany platform as shown in engraving ; Slide Spring and Stop ; Indicator for directing the attention of the audience to the details of the View ; first quality Piano-Convex Condensing Lenses, 4% inches diameter, mounted in Brass ; extra quality Achromatic Object Glasses, giving four vari ties of magnifying power, with Rack work adjustment for focus ; first quality Oxy-Hydrogen Jets, platina tipped, with elevating and clamping Screws for Jets and also for Lime Cylinders; Safety Bottle for each Gas ; compound Dissolving Key ; Copper Oxygen Retort with Stand, Spirit Lamp and Purifier ; Oxygen Gas Bag, extra large size (82 gallons capacity), of first quality India Rubber, canvas lined ; Copper Hydrogen Generator with Purifier ; Hydrogen Gas Bag, extra large size (82 gallons capacity), of first quality India Rubber, canvas lined ; Blue and Red Glass Tinters ; one dozen prepared Lime Cylinders ; one charge Chemicals for making Oxygen. Securely packed in two strong packing cases with hinged lids, locks and handles, - $365 00
For the convenience of parties already possessing the necessary Gas Apparatus, and also for those residing in large cities where the Gases can be purchased con- densed in Metal Cylinders, we sell the UNIVERSAL STEREOPTICON with omission of Elevated Platform, Oxygen and Hydrogen Apparatus and Gas Bags, and with our Patent High Pressure Dissolving Key in place of the Compound Kev>* for $2 70 00^
* The Compound Key is especially designed for use with bags, while our Patent High Pressure Key (see description on colored sheet), is the only Key by wh;ch the perfection of Dissolving Effects can be obtained with the gases condensed in cylinders.
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T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
No. 60 1.
Osy-Hydrogen Stereopticon,
Consisting of two Japanned Lanterns, extra heavy material, each 10 by 8 inches square, 16 inches high ; hinged door at side, and sliding door at back of each Lantern; mounted on mahogany Platform, with elevating screw for each Lantern; first quality Plano- convex Condensing Lenses, 4.% inches diameter; Extra-quality large-size Achromatic Object Glasses, v giving four different magnifying powers, free from chromatic or spherical aberration, with Rack-work for focussing; T. H. McAllister's Slide Spring and Stop; first-quality Oxy-hydrogen Jets, platina tipped, to burn the mixed gases, with elevating and clamping screws to each Jet, and also for the Lime Cylinders ; Safety Bottle for each gas; improved Dis- solving Key; copper Oxygen Re- tort, with stand, Argand Spirit Lamp, Purifier and india-rubber Tubing ; copper Hydrogen Gen- erator, with Purifier and india- rubber Tubing; extra-large (30x40x30 inches area, 82 gallons capacity), canvas-lined india-rubber Gas-Bag for Oxygen; extra-large (30x40x30 inches area, 82 gallons capacity), . canvas-lined india-rubber Gas-Bag for Hydrogen; blue and red glass Tinters; one dozen prepared Lime Cylinders; one charge Chemicals for making oxygen. This instrument is adapted* for use in the largest halls, and will magnify the Views of any desired size up to thirty-five feet square (1,225 square feet of sur- face), with fine definition and powerful illumination. Securely packed in substan- tial dovetailed packing case, with hinged lid, lock and handles $350.00
No. 602.
iGgea Stneopt
Consisting of two Japanned Lanterns, each ten by eight inches square, sixteen inches high; hinged Door at side, and sliding Door at back of each Lantern; mounted on mahogany Platform; first-quality plano-convex Condensing Lenses, 4% inches diameter; first-quality achromatic object Glasses, giving High andLow-power Combinations; brass Rack-work Adjustment for focussing; T. H. McAllister's Slide Spring and Stop; first-quality Oxy-hydrogen Jets, tipped with platina, to burn the mixed gases, with elevating and damping Screws to each Jet, and also for the Lime Cylinders; Safety Bottle for each gas; improved Dissloving Key; copper Oxygen Retort, with Stand, Argand Spirit Lamp, Purifier and india-rubber Tubing, and canvas-lined Oxygen Gas-Bag (30x40x20 inches area, 55 gallons capacity); copper Hydrogen Generator, with Purifier and india-rubber Tubing, and canvas-lined Hydrogen Gas-Bag (30x40x20 inches area, 55 gallons capacity); one dozen pre- pared Lime Cylinders; one charge Chemicals for oxygen. This instrument will magnify the Views brilliantly of any desired s-ize up to thirty feet. Securely packed in substantial dovetailed packing case, with hinged lid, lock and handle. $225.00.
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* No. 603.
Consisting of two Japanned Lanterns, each ten by eight inches square, sixteen inches high ; hinged door at side and sliding Door at back of each Lantern; first-quality plano-convex Condensing Lenses, 4§ inches diameter; first-quality achromatic Object Glasses, giving High and Low-power Combinations ; brass Each- work Adjustment for focussing; T. H. McAllister's Slide Spring and Stop; first quality Oxy-hydrogen Jets, tipped with platina, to burn the mixed gases, with elevating and clamping Screws to each Jet, and also for the Lime Cylinders; Safety Bottle for each gas; improved Dissolving Key; copper Oxygen Eetort, with Stand, Argand Spirit Lamp, Purifier and india-rubber Tubing, and canvas-lined Oxygen Gas-Bag, (30x40x20 inches area, 55 Gallons capacity); copper Hydrogen Generator, with Purifier- and india-rubber Tubing, and canvas- lined Hydrogen Gas- Bag, (30x40x20 inches area, 55 Gallons capacity) ; one dozen prepared Lime Cylin- ders; one charge Chemicals for oxygen. This instrument will magnify the Views brilliantly of any desired size, to twenty-five feet. Securely packed in substantial, dovetailed packing-case, with hinged lid, lock and handles. The lid is made with slip hinges, so that it can be removed in an instant; this lid serves as a plat- form for the Apparatus, the Dissolving Key being permanently attached to the inner side ; . . . . $200.00
*No. 604.
02iy»I|tog©a Stmoptlcon.
Consisting of two Japanned Lanterns, each ten by eight inches square, sixteen inches high ; hinged door at side, and sliding door at back of each Lantern ; first -quality plano-convex Condensing-Lenses, 4g inches diameter; concavo-convex Object Glasses, High, Medium and Low-power Combinations; brass Back-work Adjustment for focussing ; T. H. McAllister's Slide Spring and Stop; first-quality Oxy-hydrogen Jets tipped with platina, to burn the mixed gases, with elevating and clamping Screws to each Jet, and also for the Lime Cylinders; Safety Bottle for each gas; im- proved Dissolving Key; copper Oxygen Betort, with Stand, Argand Spirit Lamp, Purifier and india-rubber Tubing, and canvas-lined Oxygen Gas-Bag (30x40x20 inches area, 55 Gallons capacity); copper Hydrogen Generator, with Purifier and india-rubber Tubing, and canvas-lined Hydrogen Gas-Bag, (30x40x20 inches area, 55 Gallons capacity); one dozen prepared Lime Cylinders; one charge chemicals for oxygen. Securely packed in substantial, dovetailed packing case, with hinged lid, lock and handles. The lid is made with slip hinges, so that it can be removed in an instant ; this lid serves as a platform for the Apparatus, the Dissolving Key being permanently attached to the inner side $175.00
* No. 605.
. Osy-Hydiogen Stmoptteon.
Consisting of two Japanned Lanterns, each six by nine inches square, nine inches high, placed one above the other ; hinged door at side and sliding Door at back of each Lantern; first-quality plano-convex Condensing Lenses, 4g inches diameter ; first-quality Acromatic Object Glasses, giving High and Low-power Combinations; brass rack-work Adjustment for focussing; T. H. McAllister's Slide Spring and Stop; first-quality Oxy-hydrogen Jets, to burn the mixed gases, tipped with platina, with elevating and clamping Screws to each Jet, and also for the Lime Cylinders; Safety-Bottle for each gas; improved Dissolv- ing Key; copper Oxygen Betort with Stand, Argand Spirit Lamp, Purifier and india-rubber Tubing, and canvas-lined Oxygen Gas Bag (30x40x20 inches area, 55 gallons capacity) ; copper Hydrogen Generator, with Purifier and india-rubber Tubing and canvas-lined Hydrogen Gas-Bag (30x40x20 inches area, 55 gallons capacity); one dozen prepared Lime Cylinders; one charge Chemicals for Oxygen. This instrument will magnify the Views brilliantly of any desired size, to twenty- five feet Securely packed in substantial dove-tailed packing case, with hinged lid, lock and handles. The lid is made with slip hinges, so that it can be removed in an instant ; this lid serves as a platform for the Apparatus, the Dissolving Key being permanently attached to the inner side $200.00
* Nos. 603, 604, 605, can be furnished with Condensing Lenses ±% inches diameter, (in place of k\Q at an additional charge of $10.00.
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OXY-HYDROGEN MAGIC LANTERNS. '
No. 610.
First Pr»ta Oiy-Sydrogen Hagic Lantern.
Consisting of Lantern of finely finished and well seasoned kiln dried mahogany, with metal top; fifteen inches long, eleven inches wide, elev- en inches high ; hinged Door at back and side; the front removable at pleasure to accommo- date accessory appara- tus for chemical or scientific experiments ; mounted on elevated mahogany Platform, with lateral and vertical Movement to Lantern; first quality plano-con- vex Condensing Lenses, 4% inches diameter, mounted in brass; Extra Quality Large Size Achromatic Ob* ject Glasses, with High and Low-power Combinations ; Rack- work Adjustment for focussing; T. H. McAllister's Improved Slide Spring and Stop ; first-quality Oxy- Hydrogen Jet, platina tipped, to burn the mixed gases, with elevating and clamping Screw for Jet, and also for the Lime Cylinder; Safety Bottle for each gas; copper Oxygen Retort, with Stand, Argand Spirit Lamp, Purifier and India-Rubber Tubing, and extra-large canvas-lined india-rubber Oxygen Gas-Bag, (30x40x30 inches area, 82 gallons capacity); copper Hydrogen Generator, with Purifier and India- Rubber Tubing, and extra-large canvas-lined india-rubber Hydrogen Gas-Bag, (30x40x30 inches area, 82 gallons capacity); one dozen prepared Lime Cylinders; one charge Chemicals for making Oxygen. All the metal work of this Lantern is finished with heavy nickel plate, and therefore, not tarnished by use or exposure, and always presenting a handsome appearance. Securely packed in substantial, dovetailed packing case, with hinged lid, lock and handles $275.00
No. 611.
lantern.
Consisting of Japanned Lantern, extra heavy material, ten by eight inches square, sixteen inches high; hinged Door at side and Sliding Door at back; mounted on mahogany platform ; first quality, plano-convex Condensing Lenses 4% inches diameter; extra large size Achromatic Object Glasses, giving High and Low- power Combinations, free from Chromatic or Spherical aberration, with Rack-work adjustment for focussing; T. H. McAllister's Slide Spring and Stop; first quality Oxy-Hydrogen Jet, platina tipped, to burn the mixed gases, with elevating and clamping Screw for Jet, and also for the Lime Cylinder; Safety Bottle for each Gas; copper OxygenRetort, with Stand, Argand Spirit Lamp, Purifier and india-rubber Tubing; copper Hydrogen Generator, with Purifier and india-rubber Tubing; ex- tra large (30x40x30 inches area, 82 gallons capacity), canvas-lined india-rubber Gas Bag, for Oxygen; extra large (30x40x30 inches area, 82 gallons capacity), canvas-lined india-rubber Gas-Bag for Hydrogen; blue and red glass Tinters; on« dozen prepared Lime Cylinders; one charge Chemicals for making Oxygen. Securely packed in substantial dovetailed packing case, with hinged lid, lock and handles $22o.0C
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No. 612.
Osy-Eydfogin lhg}c Lantern.
Consisting of Japanned Lantern, ten by eight inches square, sixteen inches high; first quality piano convex Condensing Lenses, 4g inches diameter; first quality Achromatic Object Classes, giving High and Low-power Combinations; brass Rack-work Adjustment for focussing; T. H. McAllister's Slide Spring and Stop; first quality Oxy -hydrogen Jet, platiua tipped, to burn the mixed gases, with elevating and clamping Screws for Jet, and also for the Lime Cylinder; Safety Bot- tle for each gas; copper Oxygen Retort, with Stand, Argand Spirit Lamp, Purifier and india-rubber Tubing, and canvas-lined india-rubber Gas-Bag, (30x40x20 inches area, 55 gallons capacity), for Oxygen; copper Hydrogen Generator, with Purifier and india-rubber Tubing, and canvas-lined india-rubber Gas Bag, (30x40x20 inches area, 55 gallons capacity), for Hydrogen; one dozen prepared Lime Cylinders; one charge Chemicals for Oxygen. Securely packed in neatly finished dovetailed packing case, with hinged lid, lock and handles $140.00
No. 613.
Dsy-Hydiogen Magi© Lantern.
Consisting of Japanned Lantern, ten by eight inches square, sixteen inches high; first quality plano-convex Condensing Lenses, 4§ inches diameter; concave- convex Object Classes, High, Medium, and Low-power Combinations; brass Rack-work Adjustment for focussing; T. H. McAllister's Slide Spring and Stop; first quality Oxy-hydrogen Jet, platina tipped, to burn the mixed gases, with elevating and clamping Screws for Jet, and also for the Lime Cylinder; Safety Bottle for each gas; copper Oxygen Retort with Stand, Argand Spirit Lamp, Purifier and India- Rubber Tubing, and canvas-lined india-rubber Gas-Bag, (30x40x20 inches area, 55 gallons capacity), for Oxygen; copper Hydrogen Generator, with Purifier and indi&--rabber Tubing, and canvas-lined india-rubber Gas-Bag, (30x40x20 inches area, 55 gallons capacity), for Hydrogen; one dozen prepared Lime Cylinders; one charge Chemicals for Oxygen. Securely packed in neatly finished dovetailed packing case, with hinged lid, lock and handles $130,00
No. 614.
"Th© Collegt" Hagfe Lantern.
Consisting of Mahogany Lantern, eleven inches long, eleven inches high, eight inches wide, with metal top; hinged Door at back and side; on raised mahogany Platform, fourteen inches wide, twenty-four inches long; allowing in front of the Lantern a table twelve by fourteen inches for the accommodation of accessory appa- ratus in illustrating experiments in optics, chemistry, etc.; plano-convex Con- densing Lenses, 4^ inches diameter; first qiMlitv Achromatic Object Glasses, giving High and Low-power Combinations, mounted on brass Pillar, which can be immediately removed for accessory apparatus; Rack-work Adjustment for focus; horizontal and vertical Stages ; Mirrors to reflect the image ; glass Tanks for fluids ; first quality Oxy-hydrogen Jets, platina tipped, to burn the mixed gases, with ele- vating and clamping Screws for Jet, and also for the Lime Cylinder; Safety Bottle for each gas, one dozen prepared Lime Cylinders. All the metal work of this Lantern is finished with heavy nickel plate. The vertical attachment makes it particularly desirable as an educational apparatus for exhibiting experiments with fluids $175.00
*** The College Magic Lantern can be supplied with Gas-Bags and Apparatus i<** making the Gases if desired, at an extra cost of $70.00-
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nstructions for the Oxy-Hydrogen Stereopticons.
Oxygen Gas Bag-
Purifier.
Retort.
TO PREPARE THE OXYGEN GAS.
First blow through all the Pipes and connections, so as to satisfy yourself that there is nothing to obstruct the free passage of the Gas; also examine the Eetort to see that it is clean and dry. Place in the Eetort eighteen ounces Chlorate of Potash in a coarse powder, and six ounces Black Oxide of Manganese (the addition of the Black Oxide of Manganese enables the Chlorate of Potash to give off the Oxygen at a lower temperature). Shake the Eetort that the ingredients may be well mixed.
Pour into the Glass Purifier sufficient water to cover the end of the brass Tube about half an inch, as shown in the above illustration, and fit the Tube into the opening at the top of the Purifier. This Tube is connected by the india-rubber tube with the longer metal Tube, which you now fit into the top of the Eetort. Press them, and the Fittings will be completely gas-tight. Light the Spirit Lamp under the Eetort, and in a few minutes bubbles of Gas will come up through the Water in the Purifier; and the Purifier is now to be connected with the Gas Bag by the india-rubber Tube, as shown in the illustration. If the Gas comes over too violently, remove the Lamp, and replace it when the flow of Gas becomes more moderate, and keep it under the Eetort until the bubbles of Gas cease to come over. Then turn the Cock at the Bag and detach the Bag from the Purifier; next, remove the metal Tube from the Purifier, and last of all remove the Spirit Lamp.
"When the Eetort has cooled down, wash out the residuum in it, and stand it up- side down, that it may be dry before it is used again, as it is absolutely neces- sary that there shall be no moisture in the Eetort while the Gas is being made. The Tubes connecting the Eetort and the purifier must be occasionally washed out, as some of the fine dust of the Chemicals, which is carried over with the Gas, lodges in the Tubes and obstructs the passage of the Gas.
Failures sometimes occur fvom using impure Chemicals. To test them, pour a small portion of the mixed Chemicals in an iron spoon, and hold it over a Spirit Lamp. If the materials are not good, an explosion will occur, and a whitish mass with red spots will be left in the spoon ; but if they are pure, there will be no explosion, and the melted mixture will soon dry up, leaving a dark gray residuum. To accommodate my customers with good Chemicals, I purchase the ingredients direct from the importers, warranted pure, and have them put up ready mixed, in packages containing each one charge, making enough Oxygen for an evening's exhibition. Price : 50 cents per package; $5 00 per dozen.
T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
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Hydrogen Gas Bag.
Purifier.
Generator.
TO PREPARE THE HYDROGEN GAS.
For this purpose a generator is furnished with the apparatus, consisting of an outer copper Tank, with an inner copper Drum. This Drum has a perforated false bottom, and in the top of it is screwed a brass Tube. Withdraw the copper Drum, remove the false bottom, and place within the Drum any convenient quantity of Zinc in small pieces, then replace the false bottom, and the Zinc will be retained.
Pour in the outer copper Tank about two quarts of Water, and add to tbat about one pound of Sulphuric Acid (common Oil of Vitriol), Stir the mixture with a stick and let it stand from fifteen to twenty minutes, that the acid may be thoroughly and uniformly diluted. * Replace the copper Drum in the Tank, securing it in position by the Clamping Rods. Pour into the Purifier sufficient Water to cover the end of the brass Tube about half an inch, as shown in the above illustration. Connect the top opening of the Purifier with the Generator, and the side opening with the Gas Bag, by means of the flexible Tubes. Turn on the Cock at the Bag. The Gas will now begin to pass over , and can be seen bubbling up through the Water in the Purifier, and the process will continue until the Bag is full, or until the materials in the Generator are exhausted. After having made the Gas, shut off the Cock at the Bag and detach the Purifier. Remove the inner copper Drum and wash it and the Zinc with clean Water. ^ Empty the Acid from the copper Tank. If it is fresh, pour it into a bottle for future use; but if it is not fresh, it is better to throw it away than, to run the risk of a failure from poor Acid. Wash the Tank with clean Water.
it is recommended to make the Hydrogen in the open air, to avoid damage to clothing or furniture from the spilling of the Acid, which is almost unavoidable.
The Gas furnished by the public gas works answers equally as well as pure Hy- drogen Gas. Therefore, in cities and towns where there are Gas Works, the manu- facture of Hydrogen can be dispensed with, and the Hydrogen Gas Bag can be filled by making connection between the Bag and gas burner, with a piece of the india- rubber Tubing.
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To Operate the Oxy-Hydrogen Stereopticons.
The apparatus must be at a proper distance from the Screen to produce the views of the desired dimensions (see table on page 6, having the lenses, as nearly as possible, on a level with the centre of the Screen. The Condensing Lenses and Object Glasses must be carefully cleaned, previous to each exhibition. Place the Lanterns on the Platform, each on its own Pivot. Set the Safety Bottles in their Sockets, having proper quantity of water in each. Place the Oxy-Hydrogen Jets in the Lanterns with a cylinder of good, hard Lime in the Lime Carrier of each. On the floor in front of the apparatus, place the Gas Bags, each under its Pressure Board.
On the Oxygen Bag there should be about two hundred and fifly pounds weight, and the same on the Hydrogen if House Gas is used ; if, however, pure Hydrogen (made from Zinc and Sulphuric Acid) is used, there should be from one hundred and fifty to two hundred hundred pounds weight or, the Hydrogen. The
1 H McAelisteb, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
best way to provide the weights for a traveling exhibition is to procure good stout bags, such as are used for grain or salt, and carry these along with the apparatus, and fill them with dirt or sand, which can be thrown out at the close of the performance, and the bags packed up with the apparatus.
W.th the long, flexible Tube marked HYD, cranect the Hydrogen Bag with the top opening of the Hydrogen Safety Bottle, then connect the side opening of the same with the Dissolving Key, and that again with the Cock of each Jet marked H. (The Hydrogen is always the outside Stop Cock of each Jet; the Oxygen is always the inside Stop C )k of each Jet. All the flexible Tubes which form the Hydrogen connections are distinctly marked HYD, at each end). With the long, flexible Tube marked OXY, connect the Oxygen Bag with the top opening of the Oxygen Safety Bottle, then connect the side opening of the same with the Dissolving Key, and that again with the Cock of each Jet marked O (All the flexible Tubes which form the Oxygen connections are distinctly marked OXY at each end). Turn the Cock at each Bag, and also the Cocks at the Jets full head on, and set the Lever of the Dissolving Key so as to send the Gases equally to each Jet. If the Pipes are all clear and unobstructed, and the weights on the Bags are correctly adjusted, the the Gases will be seen bubbling up, with equal force, through the Water in each of the S ifety Bottles. Move the Lever of the Dissolving Key from side to side, and notice if the bubbles in each of the Safety Bottles continue to come up without interruption. .If there is any inten uption, the Tubes must be detached and ex- amined, as well as the Jets, to ascertain where the obstruction is, and to remove the cause. Allow the Gases "to pass through in this way for half or about one minute, so as to expel all the atmospheric air from the Tubes Then stop the Gases at each Jet, and turn on a little Hydrogen to each Jet, by the Cocks marked H, and light it with a match as it issues from the Jet. Allow the Hydrogen to burn thus for about two minutes, that the Lime Cylinders may be gradually heated up. (The Lims Cylinders generally require to be about one-eighth of an inch from the Jet, but this will vary with different samples of Lime. The Lime Carriers, therefore, are mounted on a Sliding Bar with Clamping and Elevating Screws for ease of adjust- ment). Move the Lever of the Dissolving Key to the right until it is stopped by the Pin. This will send almost all the flow of each Gas to the Jet in the right-hand Lantern, thus reducing the flame in the left-hand Lantern to a small size — merely enough to keep up the flow. Next, turn on very gradually the Oxygen to the Jet in the right-hand Lantern, by the Cock attached thereto marked 0. and then increase the flow of each gas very gradually until the light is brilliant and dazzling. To obtain this, requires the Gases to be very delicately proportioned to each other — too much either of Oxygen or of Hydrogen will reduce the intensity of the light and waste Gas When the light is perfect, there will be scarcely any flame visible, but the front surface of the Lime Cylinder will be of such a dazzling brightness that that the eye cannot look directly at it without injury. Never look, therefore, at the lime itself, but observe its reflection in the Condensing Lens and its condition can be seen exactly. Always follow this rule. Then move the Lever of the Dissolving Key to the extreme left, and adjust the Jet in the left-hand Lantern, in the same way as directed above. Place a View in the left-hand Lantern and adjust the Focus. Move the Jet back and forth from the Condensing Lenses, and slide it up and down on the Rod until the Picture on the Screen is evenly illuminated, then secure it by the Clamping Screw. Move the Lever of the Dissolving Key, and transfer the Gases to the Jet in the right-hand Lantern, Place a View in the right-hand Lan- tern, and adust the Focus, and adjust the Jet as directed above. Turn the Lever of the Dissolving Key half way, and each Picture will be seen on the Screen. Move the Lanterns on the Pivots in front, so as to bring both Pictures on the same space, or make them "register." Then, by moving the Lever of the Dissolving Key from one side to the other, thereby transferring the Gases from one Jet to the other, the Pictures will beautifully dissolve one into the other — one will fade away and the other replace it on the Screen in a manner which never fails to astonish and delight the audience.
While a picture in one Lantern is before the audience, and the explanation of it is being made, quietly withdraw the View from the other Lantern, and replace it by another, and dissolve by moving the Lever of the Dissolving Key. To show Statu- ary upon a colored ground, place a colored Tinter in one Lantern, which will produce a colored Screen, then place a statuary Slide in the other Lantern, move the Lever of the Dissolving Key half way, and the Statuary will appear od the col-
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tore* background, and can be slowly dissolved, out in the same way. The Lime 'Cynnaer must be turned occasionally during the exhibition, to present a new sur- face, and the proportions of the Gases will require adjusting every now and then.
At .the close of the exhibition, (or if it should be necessary, during the exhibi- tion, to make any change in the position of the Gas Bags, or of the Weights), turn off both Gases at the Bags — the Oxygen first, and then the Hydrogen. Force out any Gas that may remaiu in the Bags; and, if the Apparatus is not to be used im- mediately, the Bags will be better preserved by hanging them up in a dry, cool room, where there will be a free circulation of air.
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Directions for Making Pressure Boards.
The Pressure Boards jshould be made of first- iquality lumber, free from (knots or imperfections — i planed smooth on both ^ides, tongued and groov- ed. Make them 32 inches 'wide, 42 inches long. iBattens 6 incaes wide at each end of the lower board. The upper batten jof the top board set 6 in- jches back from the end, £ ,to make a rest for the I weights. The battens ? screwed on, not naxled, I ,care being taken that the ends of the screws do not project through and thus
injure the bag. The two boards hinged together by wrought iron strap hinges, bent over, and screwed to outside of the battens. Leave about half an inch space between the boards to allow for thickness of bag. (The strap hinges can be fur- nished at 50 cents a pair).
Some operators prefe: to make a double pres- sure board, placing the bags one over the other, as shown in this diagram, and thus make the same weights answer for both bags.
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• .™ T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
OXY-CALCIUM STEREOPTICONS.
The Oxy-Calcium Light is inferior to the oxy-hydrogen, though far more intense than the most brilliant oil lamp, its illuminating power being equal to the light of one hundred candles. It differs from the oxy-hydro- gen in using but one gas, oxygen; the flame of an alcohol lamp replacing the hydrogen.
The Oxy-Calcium Apparatus is more compact and portable than the oxy-hydrogen, more simple, and more easy to manage. It will illuminate the views brilliantly when magnified to an area of fifteen feet, {two hund- red and twenty-five square feet).
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OXY-CALCIUM STEREOPTICONS.
No. 620.
mm Stefratieoa,
ill
Consisting of Two Japanned Lanterns, each ten by eight inches square, sixteen inches high, hinged Door at side and Sliding Door at back of each Lantern ; first quality plano-convex Condensing-Lenses, 4% inches diameter; first-quality Achro- matic Object Classes, giving High and Low-power Combinations; brass Rack-work Adjustment for focussing; T. H. McAllister's Slide Spring and Stop; T. H. McAllister's improved adjustable Oxy-Calcium Jets, with clamping and ele- vating Screws, for Lime Cylinders; Dissolving Key; copper Oxygen Retort, with Stand, Argand Spirit Lamp, Purifier and india-rubber Tubing, and canvas-lined Gas-Bag, 30x40x20 inches, 55 gallons capacity; one dozen prepared Lime Cylinders; one charge Chemicals for Oxygen. Securely packed in substantial dove-tailed pack- ing case, with hinged lid, lock and handles; the lid is made with slip hinges, so that it can be removed in an instant. This lid serves as a platform for the Apparatus, the Dissolving Key being permanently attached to the inner side $145.00
No. 621.
sp-Gabtom Stmeptb
Consisting of Two Japanned Lanterns, each ten by eight inches square, sixteen inches high; hinged Door at side, and Sliding Door at back of each Lantern; iirst quality plano-convex Condensing -Lenses, 4§ inches in diameter; first quality Achromatic Object Glasses, giving High and Low-power Combinations ; brass Rack-work Adjustment for focussing; T. H. McAllister's Slide Spring and Stop; T. H. McAllister's improved adjustable Oxy-Calcium Jets, with clamping and elevating Screws, for Lime Cylinders; Dissolving Key; copper Oxygen Retort, with Stand, Argand Spirit Lamp, Purifier and india-rubber Tubing, and canvas- lined Gas-Bag, 30x40x20 inches, 55 gallons capacity ; one dozen prepared Lime Cyl- inders; one charge Chemicals for Oxygen. Securely packed in substantial dove- tailed packing case, with hinged lid, lock and handles; the lid is made with r.lip hinges, 60 that it can be removed in an instant. This lid serves as a platform for the Apparatus, the Dissolving Key being permanently attached to the inner side.
__ $135.00
No. 622.
Same dimensions, accessories and magnifying power as No. 621; witti concavo- convex Object Glasses $115.00
No. 623.
Osy-Calclui Stmoptlcon,
Consisting of Two Japanned Lanterns, each ten by eight inches square, fifteen inches high ; hinged Door at side, and Sliding Door at back of each Lantern ; double convex Condensing-Lenses, 4§ inches diameter; first quality Achromatic Ob* ject Glasses, giving High and Low-power Combinations ; brass Slip-tub* Adjustments for focussing; T. H. McAllister's Slide Spring and Stop ; T. H. McAl- lister's improved adjustable Oxy-Calcium Jets, with clamping and elevating Screwg for Lime Cylinders; Dissolving Key; copper Oxygen Retort, with Stand, Argand Spirit Lamp, Purifier and india-rubber Tubing, and canvas-lined Gas Bag, 30x40x20 inches, 55 gallons capacity; one dozen prepared Lime Cylinders; one charge Chem- icals for Oxygen. Securely packed in substantial dove-tailed packing case with hinged lid, lock and handles; the lid is made with slip hinges, so that it can be re- moved in an instant. This lid serves as a platform for the Apparatus, the Dissolv- ing Key being permanently attached to the inner side , , . $120.00
No. 624.
Same dimensions, accessories and magnifying powers as No. 623, with Concavo* convex Object Glasses $100, OO
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T. H. McAllistek, Manufactttking Optician, New Yoek. 25
No. 625.
Osy-Caldun Stereapticon,
WITH HOUSE GAS ATTACHMENT.
Consisting of Two Lanterns of finely -finished and well-seasoned mahogany, with metal tops; each fifteen inches long, eleven inches wide, eleven inches high; hinged door at back and also at side Of each Lantern; the front of each Lantern removable at pleasure to accommodate accessory apparatus for chemical and scientific experi- ments; mounted on elevated mahogany Platform, with lateral and vertical Move- ments for each Lantern; T. H. McAllister's Slide Spring and Stop; first quality plano- convex Condensing Lenses, 4% inches diameter, mounted in brass; extra quality large-size Achromatic Object Classes, giving four different magnifying pow- ers, free from chromatic or spherical aberration; Rack- work Adjustment for focussing; first-quality Oxy-Calcium Jets, with House- Gas Attachment, with ele- vating and clamping Screws to each Jet, and also for the Lime Cylinders; improved Dissolving Key; copper Oxygen Retort, with Stand, Argand Spirit Lamp, Purifier, and india-rubber Tubing; extra-large canvas- lined india-rubber Gas Bag for Oxygen (82 Gallons capacity); blue and red glass Diaphragms, for statuary; one dozen pre- pared Lime Cylinders; one charge Chemicals for Oxygen. All the metal work of this Stereopticon is finished with heavy nickel plate. Securely packed in two strong packing cases, with hinged lids, locks and handles $375.00
No. 626.
Qsy-Caldftin Stmoptlcon,
WITH HOUSE GAS ATTACHMENT.
Consisting of Two Japanned Lanterns, each ten by eight inches square, sixteen inches high, hinged door at side and sliding door at back of each Lantern ; first- quality plano-convex Condensing-Lenses 4% inches diameter; first quality achro- matic Object Glasses ; giving High and Low-power Combinations; brass Rackwork Adjustment for focussing; T. H. McAllister's SlideSpring and Stop ; TrH. McAllister's improved adjustable Oxy-Calcium Jets, adapted to burn either House Gas or alcohol, with clamping Screws for Lime Cylinders; compound Dissolving Key; copper Oxygen Retort, with Stand, Argand Spirit Lamp, Purifier, and india- rubber Tubing, and canvas-lined Gas-Bag, 30x40x'20 inches, 55 Gallons capacity; one dozen prepared Lime Cylinders; one charge Chemicals for Oxygen. Securely packed in substantial packing case with hinged lid, lock and handles; the lid is made with slip hinges, so that it can be removed in an instant. This lid serves as a Platform for the Apparatus, the Dissolving Key being permanently attached to the inner side . . * $155.00
No. 627.
Osj-Caldun Stmoptlcon,
WITH HOUSE GAS ATTACHMENT.
Consisting of Two Japanned Lanterns, each ten by eight inches square, sixteen inches high, hinged Door at side, and Sliding Door at back of each Lantern; first- quality plano-convex Condensing-Lenses, 4j^ inches diameter ; first quality achro- matic Object Glasses, giving High and Low-power Combinations ; brass Rack- work Adjustment for focussing; T. H. McAllister's Slide Spring and Stop; T. H. McAllister's improved adjustable Oxy-Calcium Jets, adapted to burn either House Gas or Alcohol, with clamping and elevating Screws for Lime Cylinders ; compound Dissolving Key ; copper Oxygen Retort, withstand, Argand Spirit Lamp, Purifier, india-rubber tubing, and canvas- lined Gas-Bag, 30x40x20 inches, 55 Gallons capacity; one dozen prepared Lime Cylinders; one charge Chemicals for Oxygen. Securely packed in neatly-finished dove-tailed packing case, with hinged lid, lock and handles ; the lid is made with slip hinges, so that it can be removed in an instant. This lid serves as a Platform for the Apparatus, the Dissolving Key being perma- nently attached to the inner side .' $145.00
No. 628.
Same dimensions, accessories and magnifying powers as No. 627, with Concave eon vex Object Glasses $125.00
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T. H. McAllister. Manufacturing Optician, New Yore.
OXY-CALCIUM MAGIC LANTERNS.
WILL MA6NLVT THE VIBWS HANDSOMELY, OF ANT DESIRED SIZE UP TO FIFTEEN FEET DIAHITEP .
Nos. 630 to 634.
Nos. 635 to 639.
No. 630.
Consisting of Japanned Lantern, ten by eight inches square, sixteen inches high, hinged Door at side, and Sliding Door at back, first quality plano-convex Condens- ing-Lenses, 4^ inches in diameter, first quality Achromatic Object Glasses, giving High and Low-power Combinat.ons; brass Rack-work Adjustment for focussing; T. H. McAllister's Slide Spring and Stop; T. H. McAllister's improved adjustable Oxy-Calcium Jet, with clamping and elevating Screws for Lime Cylinders copper Oxygen Retort, with Stand, Argand Spirit Lamp, Purifier and india-rubbei Tubing, and canvas-lined Gas-Bag, 30x40x20 inches, 55 gallons capacity; one dozen prepared Lime Cylinders; one charge Chemicals for Oxygen $00.00
No. 631.
Consisting of Japanned Lantern, ten by eight inches square, sixteen inches high hinged Door at side, and Sliding Door at back, first quality plano-convex Condensing- Lenses, 4f^ inches diameter; Achromatic Object Classes, giving High and Low-power Combinations; brass Rack-work Adjustment for focussing; T. H. Mc- Allister's Slide Spring and Stop ; T. H. McAllister's improved adjustable Oxy- Calcium Jet, with clamping and elevating Screws for Lime Cylinders ; copper Oxygen Retort, with Stand, Argand Spirit Lamp, Purifier and india-rubber Tubing, and canvas-lined Gas-Bag. 30x40x20 inches, 55 gallons capacity; one dozen prepared Lime Cylinders; one charge Chemicals for Oxygeu $85.00
No. 632.
Same dimensions, accessories and magnifying powers as No. 631, with concavo* convex Object Classes- $75.00
T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New Yobk. 27
No. 633.
Osy-Calcium Magic Lantern,
Japanned Lantern, ten by eiRht inches square, fifteen inches high, hinged Door at side, and Sliding Door at back, double-convex Condensing-Lenses, 4J^ inch diameter; first quality Achromatic Object Glasses, giving High and Low- power Combinations; brass Slip-tube Adjustment for focussing; T. H. McAllister's Slide Spring and Stop; T. H. McAllister's improved adjustable Oxy-Calcium Jet, with clamping and elevating Screws for Lime Cylinders; copper Oxygen Retort, with Stand, Argand Spirit Lamp, Purifier and india-rubber Tubing, and canvas- lined Gas-Bag, 30x40x20 inches, 55 gallons capacity; one dozen prepared Lime Cylinders; one Charge Chemicals for Oxygen $75.00
No. 634. Same dimensions, accessories and magnifying powers as No. 633, with concavo*. convex Object Glasses — $65.00
OXY-CALCIUM MAGIC LANTERNS,
WITH HOUSE-GAS ATTACHMENT.
No. 635.
Ky-Caldu Magi
WITH HOUSE GAS ATTACHMENT.
Consisting of Japanned Lantern, tea by eight inches square, sixteen inches high, hinged Door at side, and Sliding Door at back; first quality plnno-convex Con- densing-Lenses, 4% inches diameter; first quality Achromatic Object Glasses. giving High and Low-power Combinations; brass Rack work Adjustment for Focussing; T. H. McAllister's Slide Spring and Stop; T. H. McAllister's improved adjustable Oxy-calcium Jet, adapted to burn either House Gas or Alcohol, with clamping and elevating Screws for Lime Cylinders ; copper Oxygen Retort with Stand, Argand Spirit Lamp, Purifier and india-rubber Tubing, and canvas-lined Gas.Bag, 30x40x20 inches, 55 gallons capacity; one dozen prepared Lime Cylinders; one charge Chemicals for Oxygen , , $95,00
No. 636.
lagic Lantern,
WITH HOUSE GAS ATTACHMENT.
Consisting of Japanned Lantern, ten by eight inches square, sixteen inches high, hinged Door at side, and Sliding Door at back; Plano-convex Condensing- Lenses, 4§ inches diameter; first-quality Achromatic Object Glasses giving High and Low-power Combinations; brass Rack- work Adjustment for focussing; T. H. McAllister's Slide Spring and Stop; T. H. McAllister's improved adjustable Oxy-Calcium Jet, adapted to burn either House Gas or Alcohol, with clamping and elevating Screws for Lime Cylinders; copper Oxygen Retort, with Stand, Argand Spirit Lamp, Purifier and india-rubber Tubing, and canvas-lined Gas-Bag, 30x40x20 inches, 55 gallons capacity; one dozen prepared Lime Cylinders ; one charge Chemicals for Oxygen $90.00
No. 637.
Same dimensions, accessories and magnifying powers as No. 636, ^rith Concavo* convex Object Glasses $80.00
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No. 638.
Osj-Caldua Magic Lantern,
WITH HOUSE GAS ATTACHMENT.
Consisting of apanned Lantern, ten by eight inches square, fifteen inches high, hinged door at side, and sliding door at back ; double convex Condensing Lenses, 4|- inches diameter; first quality Achromatic Object Glasses, giving High and Low-power Combinations; brass Slip-tube Adjustment for focussing; T. H. McAllister's Slide Spring and Stop ; T. H. McAllister's improved adjustable Oxy-Calcium Jet, adapted to burn either House Gas or Alcohol, with clamping and elevating Screws for Lime Cylinders ; copper Oxygen Retort, with Stand, Argand Spirit Lamp, Purifier and india-rubber Tubing, and canvas-lined Gas-Bag, 30x40x20 inches, 55 gallons capacity ; one dozen prepared Lime Cylinders ; one charge Chemicals for Oxygen $80.00
No. 639.
Same dimensions, accessories and magnifying powers as No. 638, with Con- cavo-convex Object Glasses $70.00
Z^pThe instructions on page 29 will also serve to explain the manner of operating the Magic Lanterns Nos. 630 to 639.
No. 720, Oxy-Hydrogen Attachment,
FOR THE 8TEREOFTICONS, NOS. 620 TO 624.
Consisting of two first quality Oxy-Hydrogen Jets, tipped with platina, to burn the mixed cases, with elevating and clamping Screws to each Jet, and also for the Lime Cylinders; Safety Bottle for each gas ; improved Dissolving Key ; copper Hydrogen Generator, with Purifier and india-rubber Tubing, and canvas-lined Hydrogen Gas Bag, 30x40x20 inches area, 55 gallons capacity,
and rubber Tubing for connections $85. OO
*** The addition of this will enable either of the Stereopticons, Nos. 620 to 624, to be converted at will into an Oxy-Hydrogen or an Oxy-Calcium Stereopticon.
No. 721. Oxy-Hydrogen Attachment,
FOR THE STEREOPTICONS NOS. 625 TO 628.
Consisting of two first quality Oxy-Hydrogen Jets, tipped with platina, to burn the mixed
fases, with elevating and clamping Screws to each Jet, and also for the Lime Cylinders; Safety lottle for each gas; copper Hydrogen Generator, with Purifier and india rubber Tubing, and Can- vas-lined Hydrogen Gas-bag, 30x40x20 inches area, 55 gallons capacity, and rubber Tubing for connections $75.00
*** The addition of this will enable either of the Stereopticons, Nos. 625 to 628, to be converted at will into an Oxy-Hydrogen or an Oxy-Calcium House Gas Stereopticon.
No. 722. Oxy-Hydrogen Attachment,
FOR THE MAGIC LANTERNS NOS. 630 TO 634.
Consisting of first quality Oxy-Hydrogen Jet, platina tipped, to burn the mixed ga«es, with elevating and clamping Screws for Jet, and also for the Lime Cylinder ; Safety Bottle for each Gas ; copper Hydrogen Generator, with Purifier and india-rubber Tubing, and canvas-lined india-rubber Gas Bag, 30x40x20 inches area, 55 gallons capacity, for Hydrogen, and rubber Tubing for con- nections $00.00
**» The addition of this will enable either of the Magic Lanterns, Nos. 630 to 634, to be con- verted at will into an Oxy-Hydrogen or an Oxy-Calcium Magic Lantern.
No. 723. Oxy-Hydrogen Attachment,
FOR THE MAGIC LANTERNS NOS. 635 TO 639.
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Gas-Bag, 30x40x20 inches area, .55 gallons capacity, for Hydrogen, and rubber Tubing for
connections $55. OO
*** The addition of this will enable either of the Magic Lanterns, Nos. 635 to 639, to be con- verted at will into an Oxy-Hydrogen or an Oxy-Calcium House Gas Magic Lantern.
See page 9 for cost of adding the Bi-uniai. Oil Light to the O.xy-Calcium Sterecpttcons and Oxy-Calcium Magic Lanterns.
T. H. McAllistek, Manufactubing Optician, New Yobk. 29
Instructions for the Oxy-Oalcium Stereopticons3
Nog. 620 to 624. See Directions for Oxygen Gas, and Pressure Boards on Page 18 Jt XI
The Apparatus must be at a proper distance from the Screen, to produce the Views of the desired dimensions (see table, page 6, ) and, if possible, elevated so . that the Lenses shall be on a level with the centre of the Screen. The Condensing Lenses and Object Glasses must be carefully cleaned previous to each exhibition. Place the Lanterns on the Platform, each on its own Pivot. On the floor in front of the Apparatus place the Gas Bag, under its Pressure Board, and with about one hundred and fifty pounds weight on it. Connect the Gas Bag with the Dissolving Key by the long rubber tube, and the Dissolving Key with each Jet by the short rubber Tubes. Fill the Reservoir oi each Jet with the purest Alcohol, and have a good Cotton Wick in the tube, projecting about half an inch, and trimmed even. The alcohol should always be of at lea&t ninety per cent, purity. A percentage Hydrometer is furnished with each Apparatus, with instructions for use, by which the purity of the Alcohol can be tested when purchasing. A Cylinder of hard, un- slacked Lime is next to be placed in the Lime Carrier immediately in the rear of the. Wick, the Jets placed in the Lanterns, and the Alcohol flame ignited.* Allow the Alcohol flame to burn for a minute or two, that the Lime Cylinder may be gradually heated up; then tarn on the Oxygen, and adjust the proportion of Oxygen by the Cock attached to each Jet, the condition of the Wick, and the position of the Lime Cylinder, until the front of the Lime Cylinder shows a dazzling disc, of about half an inch diameter, of intense white light. If the Gas makes a nissing noise, it will be caused by some small fibres of the wick obstructing its passage, which must be removed. )The alcohol flame should be large, and the Wick slightly divided in the middle to allow free passage of the Gas, but do not allow the Wick to be separated too much, and have the bulk of it toward the Jet. The Lime Cylinder generally requires to be about half an inch from the Jet, but this will vary with different samples of Lime, and the Lime Carriers are therefore mounted on a Sliding Bar, with Clamping and elevating Screws for ease of adjustment. Move the Lever of the Dis- solving Key to the extreme right, this will send all the flow of Oxygen to the Jet in the right-hand Lantern. Insert a View, upside down, selecting one which has a clear, open outline; adjust the Focus and move the Jet very gradually backward and forward, and from side to side, and elevate or depress it until the Picture on on the Screen is evenly illuminated over its entire surface. Then secure the Jet by the Elevating and Cantering Screws, and it will not require to be moved during the exhibition. Then move the Lever of the Dissolving Key to the extreme left, and adjust the Jet, Focus, etc., of the left hand Lantern. Turn the Lever of the Dis- solving Key half way, and each picture will be seen on the Screen. Move the Lanterns on the Pivots in front, so as to bring both Pictures on the same space, or make them "register." Then, by moving the Lever of the Dissolving Key from one side to the other, thereby transferring the Oxygen from one Jet to the other, the Pictures will beautifully dissolve, one into the other — one will fade away, and the other replace it on the Screen, in a manner which never fails to astonish and delight an audience.
While a Picture in one Lantern is before the audience, and the explanation of it is being made, quietly withdraw the View from the other Lantern, replace it by another, and dissolve, by moving the Lever of the Dissolving Key. The Lime Cylin- der must be turned occasionally during the exhibition, to present a new surface, and the proportion of the Oxygen will sometimes require adjusting.
Instructions for the Oxy-Oalcium Stereopticons,
WITH HOUSE GAS ATTACHMENT.— Nos. 62S to 628. Prepare the Oxygen Gas and proceed as directed for the Stereopticons, Nos. 620 to 624, with the followiug exceptions : Remove the Wick from the Tube, pour out any Alcohol from the Reservoirs, and attach the long rubber Tubes marked "House- Gas " to a gas burner, and the short rubber Tubes marked "House Gas," to the cock on top of the Reservoir. Turn on the House Ga«, allow it to pass for a minute or two, to expel all atmospheric air, and then ignite it as It issues from the Tube. Make the connections with the Oxygen Bag, adjust the proportions of the Gases, and the position of the Lime, etc.. and proceed with the exhibition.
♦WhenAlcohol is used in Jet No. 708 leave the house gas stop-cock open.
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T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
DISSOLVING-VIEW APPARATUS.
With T. H. McAllister's Bi-unial Oil Lamps.
5UKING CLEARLY-DEFINED VIEWS OP ANT DESIRED SIZE UP TO £IGHT FEET DIAMETER.
An exhibition of the Dissolving Views is one of the most pleasing effects that the Magic Lantern is capable of producing, and, to the uninitiated, appears truly magical. The term '■ dissolving" well repiesents the process; for, while the audience .j viewing a painting, it is made almost imperceptibly to melt into quite a dissimilar picture — the on-e picture fading out, and the new picture, occupying the same place, growing perfectly dis- tinct on the screen. The necessary mechanism was formerly quite complicated, but is now so simplified and compact, that it is easier to give an exhibition with a Dissolving View Apparatus, than with a single Magic Lantern. Full Directions will be found on Page 32.
No. 640.
Consisting of two Japanned Lanterns, each ten by eight inches square, sixteen inches high ; hinged door at side, and sliding-door at back of each Lantern ; first- quality-plano-convex Condensing Lenses, 4% inches diameter; Achromatic Object Classes, giving High and Low-power Combinations; brass Kack-work Adjust- ment for focussing; T. H. McAllister's Slide Spring and Stop; T. H. McAllister's New Bi-unial Lamps for using Kerosene, and nickel-plated Reflectors ; Metal Dissolver. Securely packed in neatly-finished dovetailed packing-case, with hinged lid, lock and handles. The lid is made with slip hinges, so that it can be removed in an instant, and serves as a Platform for the Apparatus $100.00
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Consisting of two Japanned Lauterns, each ten by eight inches square, sixteen inches high, hinged door at side, and sliding door at back of each Lantern; first- quality plano-convex Condensing-Lenses, i§ inches diameter; concavo-convex Object Glasses, High, Medium and Low-power Combinations; brass Eack-work Adjustment for focussing; T. H. McAllister's Slide Spring and Stop; T. H McAllis- ter's New Bi-unial Lamps for using Kerosene, and nickel-plated Reflectors ; Metal Dissolver. Securely packed in neatly-finished dovetailed packing-case, with hinged lid, lock and handles. The lid is made with slip hinges, so that it can be removed in an instant, and serves for a Platform for the Apparatus $75.00
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No. 643.
Dissolving-View Apparatus.
Consisting of two Japanned Lanterns, each ten by eight inches square, fifteen inches high, hinged door at side, and sliding door at back of each Lantern ; double- convex Condensing-Lenses, 4£ inches diameter; concavo-convex Object Glasses, High, Medium and Low- power Combinations ; brass slip-tube Adjustment, for focussing; T. H. McAllister's New Bi-unial Lamps for using Kerosene, and nickel-plated Reflectors ; Metal' Dissolver. Securely packed in neatly-finished dovetailed packing-case, with hinged lid, lock and handles. The lid is made with slip hinges, so that it can be removed in an instant, and serves as a Platform for the Apparatus $55.00
No. 644.
*¥i©w Apparatus
Consisting of two Japanned Lanterns, each ten by six inches square, fourteen inches high, hinged door at side and sliding door at back of each Lantern; double convex Condensing Lenses, 3| inches diameter ; concavo-convex Object Glasses, High, Medium and Low-power Combinations ; brass slip-tube Adjustment, for focussing; T. H. McAllister's Slide Spring and Stop; T. H. McAllister's New Bi-unial Lamps for using Kerosene, and nickel-plated Reflectors; Metal Dis- solver. Securely packed in neatly -finished dovetailed packing-case, with hinged lid, lock and handles. The lid is made with slip hinges, so that it can be removed in an instant, and serves as a Platform for the Apparatus $4:5.00
No. 707. Oxy-Hydrogen Attachment,
TO THE DISSOLVING VIEW APPARATUS, Nos. 640 to 644.
Consisting of two first quality Oxy-Hydrogen Jets, tipped with platina, to burn the mixed gases, with elevating and clamping Screws to each Jet, and also for the Lime Cylinders; Safety Bottle for each gas; improved Dissolving Key; copper Oxygen Retort, with Stand, Argand Spirit Lamp, Purifier and india-rubber Tubing, and canvas-lined Oxygen Gas-Bag, 30x40x20 inches area, 55 Gallons ca- pacity : copper Hydrogen Generator, with Purifier and india-rubber Tubing, and canvas-lined Hydrogen Gas-Bag, 30x40x20 inches area, 55 Gallons capacity; and Rubber Tubing for connections $120.00
*** The addition of this will enable either of the Dissolving- View Apparatus, Nos. 640 to 644, to be converted at any time into an Oxy-Hydrogen Stereopticon.
No. 708. Oxy-Oalcium Attachment,
TO THE DISSOLVING- VIEW APPARATUS, Nos. 640 to 644.
Consisting of two improved adjustable Oxy-Calcium Jets, with clamping and elevating Screws for Lime Cylinders; Dissolving Key; copper Oxygen Retort, with Stand, Argand Spirit Lamp, Purifier and india-rubber Tubing, and canvas- lined Gas-Bag, 30x40x20 inches, 55 Gallons capacity; and Rubber Tubing for connections , $50.00
*** The addition of this will enable either of the Dissolving-View Apparatus, Nos. 640 to 644, to be converted at any time into an Oxy-Calcium Stereopticon.
No. 709. Oxy-Galcium House G-as Attachment,
TO THE DISSOLVING-VIEW APPARATUS, Nos. 640 to 644.
Consisting of two improved adjustable Oxy-Calcium Jets, adapted to burn either House Gas or Alcohol, with clamping and elevating Screws for Lime Cylin- ders ; compound Dissolving Key ; copper Oxygen Retort, with Stand-, Argand Spirit Lamp, Purifier, india-rubber Tubing, and canvas-lined Gas-Bag, 30x40x20 inches, 55 Gallons capacity; and Rubber Tubing for connections $60.00
*** The addition of this will enable either of the Dissolving-View Apparatus, No«. 640 to 644, to be converted at any time into an Oxy-Calcium House Gas Stereopticon.
32 T. H. McAllisteb, Manufacturing Optician, New Yobk.
INSTRUCTIONS
FOR OPERATING THE
DISSOLVING VIEW APPARATUS.
Nos. 640 to 644.
DISSOLVER.
Place the Apparatus, and arrange the Lenses and Lamps, as described on Page 33
. The Lanterns being mounted on the Platform lid of the packing-case, each fixed on its pivot in front, incline both Lanterns apart at the rear to such an angle that the circle of light from each shall fall precisely upon the same space on the Screen. There is in front of the pair of Lanterns a Metal Dissolver — which is indicated by the dotted line in the engraving on page 30 <nd is more distinctly shown by the illustration on this page. This Dissolver slides in a groove, and is so proportioned that when the wide part of the diamond-shaped opening is in front of the Tube of one Lantern, the pointed end will not quite reach to the front of the Tube of the other Lantern. Having placed a View or Slider, in each Lantern, slide the Dissolver along the groove by the hand, alternately from right to left, and left to .right; and it follows, that as soon as the Dissolver begins to cover the image proceeding from one Lantern, a corresponding portion of the image proceeding from the other Lantern is thrown upon the Screen. The movement should be slow and regular, and the Pictures will imperceptibly and beautifully dissolve, the one into the other, the Screen never being vacant from the beginning to the close of the exhibition. To insure success in the illusion, it is necessary that the Sliders are placed precisely in the central line of the Lenses, which important result is most easily accomplished by T. H. McAllister's Slide Spring and Stop, attached only to the Magic Lanterns sold by me.
v As the distance between the Lanterns is slight (see engraving on Page 30) the sliders mu-t not be more than seven inches in length.
The sets of Dissolving-View Sliders, a list of which is given in this catalogue, are colored with express reference to the production of tine effects; though any two Views of the same size will answer for dissolving, care being taken that there is a general likeness of light and shade. For instance, a Picture having a very light object in the centre will not dissolve handsomely into one having a dark object in the centre.
Striking and amusing effects, however, are often produced by dissolving with Views of entirely different character, and the unexpected changes will excite and keep up the interest of an audience— thus a landscape may be dissolved into a chro- matrope or a portrait; or one of the comic slides, with mechanical movement, may, by the dissolving arrangement, be introduced into a landscape, etc.
When the unmounted square views, such as the " Crayon Photographs," " Viewj of World renowned places of interest," etc., are used, a Pair of the Dissolving View Combination Carriers will be required — Price $1.50 — Set Page 45.
T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York. 33
IJNTSTRTTCTIOlSrS FOR THE
PHANTASMAGORIA MAGIC LANTERNS,
Nos. 650 to 653.
The Apparatus must be at a proper distance from the Screen to produce the Views of the desired dimensions (see table of magnifying powers on page (5,) and sufficiently elevated from the floor to bring the Lenses on a level with the center of the Screen.
The Condensing Lenses and Object Glasses must be thoroughly cleaned previous to each exhibition. In cold or damp weather, moisture will sometimes form on the inner surface of the Condensing Lenses, and to guard against this, it is well, just previous to an exhibition to separate the Condensers, and hold them in the hand before a stove or lamp for a few minutes.
The Lamp having been placed in the Magic Lantern, (see directions below, ) move it slowly backward and forward until the circle of the light on the Screen is evenly illuminated ; the Lamp is then known to be in its proper position.
The View or Slider is placed upside down in the opening in front of the Condens- ing Lenses, where it will be held firmly by the Slide Spring and Stop; and the Focus is adjusted, as described on page 6.
The best effects are obtained when the Apparatus is on the same side of the Screen as the spectators; but sometimes it is more convenient to place it on the other side of the Screen, which may be rendered smoother and more transparent if dipped in water immediately before hanging it up.
TO PRODUCE THE PHANTASMAGORIA EFFECT,
The operator should be on one side of the Screen, and the spectators on the other. Taking the Magic Lantern under his left arm, he should go up pretty close to the Screen and adjust the Focus with his right hand. The image, of course will be very small ; he must then walk slowly backward, at the same time adjusting the Focus., As the image increases in size, it will appear to the spectators to be coming towards them ; and then again let him walk up towards the Screen, thus diminishing the image, and it will appear to them as if receding. The Screen not being seen, the image appears to be suspended in the air, and the deception is complete, even to those accustomed to the exhibition.
Slides producing the best phantasmagoria effect are those containing but one or two figures, and all the rest of the glass painted black; such for instance, as some of the " Movable Comic."
T. H. McALLISTinil BI°-DNIAL LAMP.
PATENT APPLIED FOB.
|§P See Illustration and Description on Third Page of Cover.
The NEW BI-UNIAL LAMP is the result of a long series of experiments, and by aid of the fallowing directions never fails to produce a more satisfactory picture than any other form of oil illumination.
1. Use only the best Kerosene Oil.
(A small quantity of Gum Camphor, in coarse powder, thoroughly and uniformly dissolved in the Kerosene will increase the intensity of the light.)
2. Pour sufficient oil into the Reservoir, to come within quarter of an inch of the top,
leaving that space for the expansion of the oil.
3. Trim the wicks evenly with a sharp pair of Scissors. (See Lamp Scissors page 46.)
4. Light the Lamp a few minutes before commencing the exhibition, and allow it to
burn rather low, that the oil may become gradually warmed and thereby rendered more fluid.
5. When commencing to operate, turn the wicks up slowly, until an intense flame is
obtained, free from smoke. The exact condition of the wicks can be readily seen at any moment by slightly opening the door of the Lantern and observing the reflection of the flame on the surface of the Condensing Lens.
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T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
PHANTASMAGORIA MAGIC LANTERNS.
£!AK!NG CIEARLY DEFINED VIEWS OF ANY DESIRED SIZE UP TO EIGHT FEET IN DIAMETER.
In the Magic Lantern as originally constructed, the condensing lens was formed of a single ' 'bull's-eye" lens, and the object glass of a single double-convex lens. The cheap toy Lanterns imported from Europe, are still generally made in that manner ; but all first-class instruments are now made with two condensing lenses and two object-glasses, and, to distinguish them, are called " Phantasmagoria " Lanterns. The word phantas- magoria is of Greek derivation and means (i L meet a spectre ;" and was at first applied to the exhibition of pictures of ghosts and hobgoblins, which appear to recede from or approach to the audience, by the Lanterns being brought gradually nearer to, or farther from, the Screen.
82F" See instructions on page 33
No. 650.
Phantasmagoria Magic Lantern,
Japanned case, ten by eight inches square, sixteen inches high, hinged door at side, and sliding door at back ; first quality plano-convex Condensing Lenses, 4f inches diameter; concavo-convex Object Glasses, High, Medium and Low-power Combinations; brass Rackwork Adjustment for focussing; T. H. McAllister's Slide Spring and Stop; T. H. McAllister's New Bi-unial Lamp for using Kerosene, and nickerplated Reflector $40.00
No. 651.
Phantasmagoria Magic Lantern.
Japanned case, ten by eight inches square, sixteen inches high, hinged door at side, and sliding door at back ; first quality plano-convex Condensing Lenses, 4^ inches diameter ; concavo-convex Object Glasses, High, Medium and Low-power Combinations; brass Rackwork Adjustment for focussing; T. H. McAllister's Slide Spring and Stop ; T. H. McAllister's New Bi-unial Lamp for using Kerosene, and nickel-plated Reflector $35.00
T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York. 35
No. 652.
Phantasmagoria Magic Lantern,
Japanned case, ten by eight inches square, fifteen inches high, hinged door at side, and sliding door at back ; double convex Condensing Lenses 4£ inches diame- ter; concavo-convex Object Glasses, High, Medium and Low-power Combi- nations ; brass sliding-tube Adjustment for focussing ; T. H. McAllister's Slide Spring and Stop ; T. H. McAllister's New Bi-unial Lamp for using Kerosene, and nickel-plated Reflector . . $25.00
No. 653.
Phantasmagoria Magic Lantern,
Japanned case, ten by six inches square, fourteen inches high, hinged door at side and sliding door at back: double convex Condensing Lenses, 3f inches diame- ter; concavo-convex Object Glasses, High, Medium and Low-power Combi- nations; brass sliding-tube Adjustment for focussing ; T. H. McAllister's Slide Spring and Stop ; T. H. McAllister's New Bi-unial Lamp for using Kerosene, and nickel-plated Reflector $20.00
Achromatic Object Glasses,
Can be substituted for the Concavo-Convex Object Glasses in the Phantasma- goria Magic Lanterns, Nos. 050, 651, 652, 653, for an additional charge of $10.00
No. 666, Oxy-Hydrogen Attachment,
Consisting of first quality Oxy-hydrogen Jet, platina tipped, to burn the mixed gases, with elevating and clamping Screws for Jet, and also for the Lime Cylinder; Safety Bottle for each gas ; copper Oxygen Retort, with Stand, Argand Spirit Lamp, Purifier and india-rubber Tubing, and canvas-lined india-rubber Gas Bag, 30x40x20 inches area, 55 gallons capacity, for Oxygen ; copper Hydrogen Gene- rator, with Purifier and india-rubber Tubing, and canvas-lined india-rubber Gas Bag, 30x40x20 inches area, 55 gallons capacity, for Hydrogen, $100.00
*** Either of the preceding Phantasmagoria Magic Lanterns can at any time be converted into an Oxy-Hydrogen Magic Lantern by the addition of No. 666, without any alteration of the arrange- ment of the Japanned Case or Lenses. See pages 16 to 21
No, 667. Oxy-Oalcium Attachment,
Consisting of T. H. McAllister's improved adjustable Oxy-Calcium Jet, with -clamping and elevating Screws for Lime Cylinder ; copper Oxygen Retort, with Stand, Argand Spirit Lamp, Purifier, and india-rubber Tubing, and canvas-lined Gas Bag, 30x40x20 inches area, 55 gallons capacity $43.00
*** Either of the preceding Phantasmagoria Magic Lanterns car. at any time be converted into an Oxy-Calcium Magic Lantern by the addition of No. 667, without any alteration of the Japanned. ■Case or Lenses. See pages 26 to 29
No, 668, Oxy-Calcium House G-as Attachment,
Consisting of T. H. McAllister's improved adjustable Oxy-Calcium Jet, adapted to burn either House Gas or Alcohol, with clamping and elevating Screws for Lime Cylinders ; copper Oxygen Retort with Stand, Argand Spirit Lamp, Purifier and mdia-rubber Tubing, and canvas-lined Gas Bag, 30x40x20 inches area, 55 gallons capacity $48.00
"* *** Either of the preceding Phantasmagoria Magic Lanterns can at any time be converted into an Oxy-Calcium House Gas Magic Lantern by the addition of No. 668, without any alteration of the Japanned Case or Lenses. See pages 26 to 29
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T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
PARLOR MAGIC LANTERNS,
WITH ARGAND GAS BURNER. SASJKS CLEARLY DEFINED VIEWS OP ANT DESIBED SIZE UP TO EIGHT FEET 3XAHBT1B,
very convenient form for Parlor Entertainments.
No 660.
No. 660.
agte
-Japanned case, ten by eight inches square, sixteen inches high; hinged door at Bide and sliding door at back; first-quality plano-convex Condensing-Lenses, 4g inches diameter; concavo-convex Object Glasses, High, Medium and Low-power Combinations; brass Rack work Adjustment for focussing; T. H. McAllister's Slide Spring and Stop; Argand Gas Burner, nickel-plated Reflector, and eight feet india- rubber tubing to make connection with Gas Fixture $4:0,00
No. 66i.
Consisting of Two of the above Magic Lanterns (No. 660), with the necessary attachments to produce the dissolving effect. In neatly finished, dovetailed pack- ing-case, hinged lid, lock and haudles; the lid serving as a Platform to hold the ap- paratus when in use , $85.00
No. 662.
Japanned case, ten by six inches square, fourteen inches high ; hinged door at side, and sliding door at back; double-convex Condensing Lenses, 3% inches diam- eter; concavo-convex Object Glasses, High, Medium, and Low-power Combina- tions; brass Sliding-tube Adjustment for focussing; T. H. McAllister's Slide Spring and Stop; Argand Gas Burner, nickel-plated Reflector, and eight feet india-rubber tubing to make connection with Gas Fixture $25.00
T. H. McAllister, Manufactubing Optician, New Iloek.
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No. 665. T. H. McALLISTEE'S
WONDER CAMERA ATTACHMENT
TO THE MAGIC LANTERN,
tfmr projecting on the Screen enlarged, images of Card Photographs,
Chromos, Engravings and opaque objects in general.
Price. S3. SO.
This attachment cam only be used in connection with the Magic Lanterns and Stereopti- cons of our make, specified on the preceding pages.
The above engraving represents a newly constructed piece of apparatus, which can be readily applied to any of the Magic Lanterns or Stereopticons on the preced- ing pages, and makes a very excellent accessory, particularly for Paeloe Entebtain- ments; enabling a family to form a gallery of life-size portraits from the card photo- graphs of their albums, thus affording an inexhaustible source of enjoyment; watch movements, jewelry, coins, medals, flowers, etc., can also be made available with good results. As the image on the screen is solely illuminated by the light reflected from the object, it does not equal in brilliancy that of a transparent Glass Magic Lan- tern View; but the low price of the WONDEFi CAMERA ATTACHMENT, and the facility it affords for putting to a novel use the thousand and one photos, engravings, and ornaments in the possession of every intelligent and cultivated household, has opened a new source of enjoyment and instruction for the home circle. Artists have availed themselves of it, for enlarging photographs to life-size, for crayon drawing and portrait painting ; Architects, Draughtsmen and Civil Engineers, for obtaining working drawings of increased size, and Teachers, for interesting their classes by presenting magnified views of the illustrations in the Text Books.
The WONDER CAMERA ATTACHMENT is especially recommended for Parlor Entertain- ments, Class Instructions, etc. It is not designed for a satisfactory public exhibition in a large Hall, for which purpose a far mo~e costly instrument will be required. '
DIRECTIONS.— Place the Magic Lantern at a proper distance from the wall or screen to make the figures of life size; remove the Magic Lantern Front [A] ; in its place affix the Wonder Camera Attachment [B] ; transfer the Object Glasses from A to B and adjust the illumination and focus. _
" At the back of the '■' Wonder Camera Attachment" is a sliding door with a grooved opening in it of proper size to receive the usual card photos.' For larger size photos, engravings, illustrations in books, etc., remove the sliding door entirely ; also for watch movements, jewelry, etc., which can be held in the hand ; with the latter class of objects, it is advisable to throw a dark cloth over the top of the attachment and the arm, to prevent the light from being thrown around the room.
T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, Klw York.
Reduced to J
$10.00
T. 3E3C.
No. 670. 3VIcATiTBISTEn'S
$10.00
The Cabinet Magic Lantern is intended to meet the demand for a Magic Lan- tern, simple in construction, easy to operate, of sufficiently good quality to give a satis- factory exhibition in a Parlor, Sunday School, Lodge Room or School House, yet sold at such a moderate price, as to insure its general introduction ; and has proved well adapted for those who wish to commence on an economical scale.
Ln t/ie first part of this Catalogue will be found a list of "$25.00 Outfits," and 9f "$5000 Outfits," affording a customer an opportunity of obtaining a good out- fit for a limited amount. Each Outfit is different in the character of the Views embraced in it.
The Cabinet Magic Lantern is substantially and compactly made ; Japanned Case, 6 by 8 inches square, and 10 inches high, mounted on a neat Walnut Base, 7 by 14 inches, with an improved Lamp to burn Kerosene Oil. The Condensing Lens is 3$ inches diameter, admitting any of the Views named in this Catalogue. The Object Glass is well ground and polished, and will enlarge the Views to five feet diameter.
DIRECTIONS FOR THE
CABINET MAGIC LANTERN.
The Cabinet Magic Lantern has two Lenses; the larger one called the Condensing Lens, is firmly mounted in the large tube attached to the front of the Magic Lantern — the smaller Lens, called the Object Glass, is mounted at the outer end of the adjustable front tube which slides within that in which the Condensing Lens is mounted. Both these Lenses must be cleaned perfectly before each occasion of using the Magic Lantern. Use the best Kerosene Oil in the Lamp, have the wick evenly trimmed, and the Glass Chimney bright and clear. The room, of course, must be as dark as possible. Hang the screen over an open doorway, or else three or four feet in front of the wall, for if hung with the wall close behind it, the picture will not appear as distinct. Place the Cabinet Magic Lantern on a table about ten feet from the screen, sufficiently elevated from the floor, to bring the Lenses about on a line with the centre of the screen. Put the view upside down in the groove in front of the Lantern, then 'Focus" by sliding the Adjustable Front Tube, carrying the Object Glass, gradually in or out, as may be necessary, until the picture en the screen is distinct as possible.
m^~See last pages of this Catalogue for Magic Lanterns designed more especially for the amusement of children.
T. H. McAllisteb, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
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Reduced to
$22.00
No. 671.
THE CABINET"
DISSOLVING-VIEW APPARATUS,
CONSISTING OP
TWO CABINET MAGIC LANTERNS,
On Walnut Platform, and Dissolver. $22.00
An economical form of Dissolving- View Apparatus, particularly designed for Home and School Entertainments in moderate sized Rooms. The beautiful Dis- solving Effects and Transformations can be well shown with this cheap Apparatus though of course not with the brilliancy and perfection of the higher priced pat- terns of Dissolving- View Apparatus.
If desired at any time, the Lanterns can be detached from the Platform, ana used separately, as is the case with all the styles of Dissolving -View Apparatus and Stereopticons in this Catalogue.
Any of the Views enumerated in the following pages can be used in the Cabinet Dissolving-View Apparatus ; fine effects can be obtained with some of the •' Sets op Dissolving Views, " specified on pages 60 to 64.
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T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
ATTACHMENTS,
FOE USE WITH
STEREOPTICONS AND MAGIC LANTERNS.
No. 680.
ntlea, ».»«*».»«..«,
Can be used advantageously with any first-class Appa- ratus, for projecting on the screen objects in fluids, move- ments of a horizontal magnetic needle, etc., etc. It con- sists of a Mirror inclined at an angle of 45p, one of the Condensing Lenses of the Lantern being placed horizon - ally above it, the other Condenser remaining in the Lan- tern, and the Attachment brought close to it : over the horizontal Condenser, is a Stage, on which the slide or object, glass tank containing fluids, etc., is place 1 — above this the Object Glass, surmounted by a second Mirror, on axis, by which the image is reflected horizontally to the screen. Price $40.00
No. 6dl.
iscope Attachment,,
FOB USE WITH
OXY-HYDROGEN OR OXY-CALCIUM APPARATUS.
IK
||S|H|jBjl With this apparatus, mounted
Mir — H Microscopical preparations or liv-
llfHlil "^iiil iQg animalculse can be shown
^1IIf51H1H Bh! nPon the screen enlarged from
JLHii I 2 M 10° to 100° timeS the diameter-
iiSBs Tho mounting for the Object-
ives is nuvde wuh the "London Society Screw," which has been adopted by the makers of all First Class Microscopic Objectives — thus admitting the use of those Objectives on this Attachment.
Price of the Attachment alone, without Objectives $20.00
Price with two Magnifying Powers, Crown Glass Objectives $30 00
do do do Achromatic Objectives 50 03
do do do do do with Secondary Condenser to improve illumination 75 00
tS"°A List of prepared Objeets, suitable lor illustration with tlie Mi- croscope Attachment furnished on application.
T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
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No. 682.
folm&a's Siphon, Slide.
FOR THE MICROSCOPIC ATTACHMENT.
The "Homian Siphon Slide" consists of a slip of thick Plate Glass, three inches long by one inch wide, having a cavity of sufficient size to contain a small tadpole, lizard, portion of a plant, etc. , etc, ; to each end of the cavity small rubber tubes are at- tached, one of which connects with a bottle or other reservoir of water, the other serving as an outlet for the water after it has passed through the cavity ; thus keeping up a constant current of fresh water, and allowing the enclosed living animal, etc., to be kept in position, without injury or inconvenience for any length of time.
For use with the Microscopic Attachment to the Magic Lantern in projecting images of living objects upon the screen, it is invaluable $4.00
„% It is not necessary to have any special form of bottle for Reservoirs- vessels capable of holding water, will answer.
-any
No. 683.
ariscope^
FOR THE MICROSCOPIC ATTACHMENT.
Consisting of two Prisms of Iceland Spar, properly mounted, one of which is placed between the object and the Condensers, and the other between the objeet and the Screen. No Microscopic Objects excel in brilliancy, the appearance of crystals, etc., seen by Polarized light, especially when magnified, upon the Screen — the pr@- cess of crystallization is beautifully shown $25.00, $50.00, $75.00
No. 684.
%m\ 8kfg Tanks
?
TO USE IX CONNECTION WITH VERTICAL ATTACHMENT, NO. '
$1.50 to $5.00
No. 685.
Verticil Mass Tufa,
Can be used in any of the Stereopticans and Magic Lanterns enumerated on the preceding pages of this Catalogue, for exhibiting living fish, insects, etc.
No. G85 A — Glass Tank, Mounted in Brass Frame, 4 by 7 inches, % inch thick $3 00
No. 685 B — Glass Tank, Mounted in Mahogany Frame, 4 by 7 inches. 58 inch thick $2.00
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T. H. McAlxistee, Manufacturing Optician, JiiwYobk.
ACCESSORIES.
Gas-Bag.
Purifier.
Retort.
No. 700.
;en App<
Consisting of heavy Copper Retort with Stand and Argand Spirit Lamp ; Glass Purifier, india-rubber connections; Canvas-lined Gas-Bag, 30x40x20 inches, 55 gal- lons capacity, with Brass Stop Cock $35.00
Gas-Bag.
No. 701.
Purifier.
Generator.
sgia Apparatus.
Consisting of heavy Copper Generator ; Glass Purifier, india-rubber connec- tions; Canvas-lined Gas-Bag, 30x40x20 inches, 55 gallons capacity, with Brass Stop Cock $35.00
No. 702. T. H. MCALLISTER'S
This Jet is very simple in construction, and far superior to the complicated Oxy- Calcium Jets formerly used. It is mounted on walnut Base four inches wide, twelve inches long ; Stop Cock, to control the flow of Oxygen ; clamping and centering Screw to Jet ; clamping and elevating Screw for Lime Cylinde . Can be readily at- tached to any Lantern $7.00
T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
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T. H.
No. 703. IVEc^L LISTER' S
Impiored Adjustable Osy-Calelwn Ji
WITH HOUSE-GAS ATTACHMENT.
Mounted on walnut Base four inches wide, twel/e inches long ; Stop Cocks to control the flow of Oxygen and House Gas ; clamping and centering Screw to Jet; clamping and elevating Screw for Lime Cylinder. Can be readily attached to any Lantern '. $8.00
No- 704.
nceatrie Osy-Eydrogen J©'
(This concentric Jet is now little used, the light being so much inferior to Nos. 705,706. The Oxy-Calcium Jet with House-Gas Attachment, No. 703, is preferable
to it.) : $12.00
T. H,
No. 705.
MCALLISTER'S
Improved Adjustable Osj-Ifydrogen Jet.-
This Jet is constructed to burn the mixed gases, yielding the maximum inten- sity of illumination with absolute safety. It is mounted on a brass Base-four inches diameter, with clamping and elevating Screw for Jet, and also for Lime Cylinder, the Jet tipped with platina; Safety Bottle for each Gas; Stop Cock, to control the flow of each Gas. Can be readily attached to any Lantern $25.00
No. 706.— -The Jet alone, without Safety Bottles $15.00
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T. H. McAllister, Manufactxjeino Optician, New Yobk.
No. 707.
Osj-Bydrogea
Apparatus.
Consisting of the Oxygen Apparatus, No. 700; the Hydrogen Apparatus, No. 701; two of the Oxy-Hydrogen Jets, No. 705, with Safety Bottle for each Gas; compound Dissolving-Key, and rubber-tube connections $120.00
By attaching No. 707 to a pair of the usual Dissolving- View Lanterns, they will be converted into an Oxy-Hydrojjen Stereopticon.
Osy-Cal
No. 708.
Urnim
Consisting of the Oxygen Apparatus, No. 700 ; two of the Oxy- Calcium Jets, No. 702; Dissolving Key and rubber-tube connections $50.00
By attaching No. 708 to a pair of the usual Dissolving-View Lanterns, they will be converted, into an Oxy-Calcium Stereopticon.
No. 709.
lit
se-ttas Mm
Consisting of the Oxygen Apparatus, No. 700 ; two of the Oxy-Calcium Jets, House- Gas Attachment, No. 703; compound Dissolving-Key, and rubber-tube con- nections $60.00
By attaching No. 709 to a pair of the usual Dissolving- View Lanterns, they will be converted Into an Oxy-Calcium House-Gas Attachment Stereopticon.
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No. 710.
5f"
ir
Consisting of two Argand Gas Burners, with nickel-plated Reflectors ; Dissolv- ing-Key ; 12 feet india-rubber tubing, to make the necessary connections with Gas Fixture and Dissolving-Key $10.00
By attaching No. 710 to a pair of the usual Dissolving- View Lanterns, the^will be converted into a Parlor Dissolving- View Apparatus. See No. 661.
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No. 711.
T. B. McAllister's Combination Carrier.
Those using the unmounted Square Glass Views, have been heretofore subject- ed to much inconvenience for the want of some suitable contrivance to support th« Views in the proper position in front of the Condensing Lenses, and cnuse them to succeed each other without any interruption; besides the great risk of breaking the Views.
T. H. McAllister's Combination Carrier effectually overcomes all these difficul- ties, and enables the unmounted views to be ug3d with facility and safety, f
~ The Carrier is designed to hold and center cither of the Standard sizes of square views. Stop No. 1, will center those of the usual English pattern, (31X3-1 inches). Stop No 2, is adapted for those of the French pattern, f3.1V4 inches'), and Stop V> 3 is adjusted for views on glass 3jX4i inches 50c
T. H. LlcAmsTEB, Manufacturing Optician, New Yokk.
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No. 712.
1 a XcAlllita's "DtooMng" Gurim.
For holding the square glass views in a Dissolving- View Apparatus or Stereop- ticon, causing the views to "register" accurately upon the screen, and thus adding greatly to the beauty of an exhibition. Price per pair $1,50
GAS-BAGS.
Extra quality, Canvas-lined on both inner and outer surfaces, and very durable, WUl stand any climate. Made expressly to my order, and are furnished with all the varieties of Oxy-Hydrogen and Oxy- Calcium Apparatus enumerated in this Catalogue.
No. 713.
Canvas-lined Gas-Bag 30 inches wide, 40 inches long, 20 inches gusset, 55 gal- lons capacity ; with Stop Cock at large end $20.00
No. 714.
Canvas-lined Gas-Bag, 30 inches wide, 40 inches long, 30 inches gusset, 85 gal- lons capacity ; with Stop Cock at large end $30.00
3% The following Gas-Bags are the ordinary commercial article — are not lined with Canvas, and by no means as durable as those specified above.
No. 715.
Gas-Bag, 30 inches wide, 40 inches long, 10 inch gusset, with Stop Cock at small end of Bag $15.00
No. 716.
Gas-Bag, 24 inches wide, 30 inches long, 6 inch gusset, with Stop Cock at small end ©f Bag , , $12.00
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SCREEN S~ *
Made of best quality material, with Loops around the four sides of the Screen. By these Loops the Screen can be attached to a wooden Frame ; though the most con- venient plan is to dispense with a Frame, and to screw two small screw rings into the wall (or window frame), one on each side of the hall, near the ceiling ; then pass a stout cord or rope through the Loops on the upper edge of the Screen, and through these rings, bringing the ends of the cords down and securing them. By the Loops on the sides and lower edge, the Screen can be held firmly in position by cords attached to screw rings in the floor.
1% feet square $2 50
9 feet square 4 00
12 feet square 7 00
15 feet square $10 00
18 feet square ... 12 00
24 feet square 18 00
Screens, second quality material, and made without loops.
7% feet square $2 00 I 15 feet square $ 9 50
9 feet square 3 75 | 18 feet square „r 11 50
The Screens best adapted for the several styles of Apparatus, are the following :
For Oxy-Hydrogen (Nos. 6oo to 614) Screen 24 feet
For Oxy-Calcium (Nos. 620 to 639) Screen 18 feet, or 15 feet
For Dissolving Apparatus (Nos. 640 to 644) Screen 12 feet, or 9 feet
For Phantasmagoria .(Nos. 650 to 653) Screen 12 feet, or 9 feet
For Cabinet. (Nos. 670, 671) Screen 1% leet
Sets of four Screw Rings "for attaching screen, as described above 25 cents
MISCELLANEOUS.
Lime Cylinders, for Oxy-Hydrogen and Oxy-Calcium Jets, carefully prepared from selected limestone, in screw-cap tin canisters, containing twelve
cylinders per canister $1 25
Chemicals ready mixed, for making Oxygen. . .per package 50 cents; per dozen 5 00
Chlorate of Potash at market rates
Black Oxide of Manganese at market rates
Sulphuric Acid at market rates
Zinc at market rates
T. H. McAllister's New Bi-unial Lamp and Reflector (see third page of Cover) 5 00
Wicks for Bi-unial Lamp per dozen 25
Argand Oil Lamp and Reflector 2 25
German Glass Chimney, for Argand Oil Lamp 20
Wicks for Argand Oil Lamp per dozen 25
Lamp Scissors for trimming Wick 75
Argand Gas Burner and Reflector 3 (X)
Copper Hydrogen Generator and Pipe 13 00
Copper Oxygen Retort and Pipe; first quality 12 00
Copper Oxygen Retort and Pipe; smaller; second quality 6 00
Iron Retort Stand. 50
Spirit Lamp, to heat Retort 1 00
Glass Purifying Bottle and Pipe 5 00
India-Rubber Tubing per foot 20
Compound Dissolving-Key 12 00
Oxy-Calcium Dissolving-Key 4 00
Plates for Views; of selected Glass, 3}£ X 4 inches per dozen 40
Black Paper Mats, for Mounting Views; 3}^ X 4 inches per dozen • 25
Black Binding Papers for Mounting Views per 100 25
Tanks of Glass for holding Water, Fish, Insects, etc. — Mounted in Frame'*
4X7 inches 2 00
T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
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YIEWS,
Illustrating Every Subject of POPULAR INTEREST.
Special Xotice.
The Stereopticons and Magic Lanterns specified in the preceding pages, are priced without any reference to accompanying mews. That is, the prices are for the Ste- reopticons and Magic Lanterns as described, but without including any vieios; classi- fied lists of which will be found on the following pages.
The Fine Colored Photographic Views are each upon plate glass, 3 inches di- ameter, with a protecting cover glass, and cannot be injured by extremes of heat or cold, or even by immersion in water. Each view is mounted separately in a neat wooden frame or slider, 4 inches wide, 7 inches long, 3-8 inch thick. These fine Col- ored Photographic Views, are all made expressly for our own sales by artists specially trained, whose long experience and skill render each view a beautiful work of 'art, brilliant and durable. Price, (except those having mechanical movements) $1.50 each.
The Comic Mo vahle Views are each mounted separately, on a slide 4 by 7 inches. These are painted in brilliant colors, the main portion being on one glass. The part designed to represent motion is painted on another glass mounted close to the former, and also serving as a cover to protect the painting from injury — the end of this cover glass is cut off at an angle as shown in the engraving on page 68, forming a handle by which to impart the appearance of movement to the figure. Price, 65 cts. each ; $7.50 per dozen.
The Statuary Views, see list on page 73, are each upon square glass, 3^ by 4 inches, at 75 cents each, $9.00 per dozen.
The Lever Movahle Slides are 3 inches diameter, each in frame or slider, 4 uy 7 inches. Price, $1.75 each.
The Dioramic Slides are mounted in frame 4 inches wide, 12 inches long. Price, $3.00 each.
The Chromatropes are 3 inches diameter, in frame, 4 inches wide, 12 inches long. Price, $3.00, $3.75 each.
All the Uncolored Photographic Views, embracing ' ' Views of Places of In- terest," "Crayon Photographs," etc., are each upon glass plate, 3| by 4 inches square — not framed. Price, 50 cents each, $6.00 per dozen, $45.00 per 100.
The " Economic Series " of Views are each upon glass plate, 3£ by 4 inches square, not framed. Price, 50 cents each, $10.00 for the set of 24 views.
The Silhouette Views are each upon glass plate, 3^ by 4 inches square, not framed. Price, 30 cents each, $3.00 per dozen.
The Sets of Nursery Tales are on glass slides, each 3^ inches wide, 12 inches long, not framed. Price, $4.00 per set of 12 slides.
Combination Carriers for holding all unframed Square Views. See Nos. 711 and 712 of this Catalogue.
All the above various styles of Views, can be used in any 'of the Stereopticons and Magic Lanterns enumerated on the preceding pages of this Catalogue, or in any in- strument having Condensing Lenses over 3 inches in diameter. (See Appendix for <oiews suitable for smaller Magic Lanterns.^
VIEWS MADE TO ORDER,
Although the list of \iews in this Catalogue affords such a large and well assorted selection, a Lecturer will sometimes require views made especially to order, to illus- trate some particular subject ; these can be made at any time from any engravings or sketches that may be furnished. Price of such special views, if finished in style ot Finely Colored Photographic Views, 2.50 each, Uncolored, in style of Crayon Photographic Views, $1.00 each.
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T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, New York.
Fine Colored Photographs, $1.50 each, $18.00 per Dozen.
(Three inches in diameter; each view mounted in slider 4x7 inches.)
Bible History.
Old Testament.
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The Earth without form void.
Creation of Light.
Creation of Dry Land.
Creation of the Grass Trees.
Creation of the Sun, Moon and Stars.
Creation of Fowls and Fishes.
Creation of Creeping Things and Beasts.
Creation of Adam.
Creation of Eve.
Adam and Eve in Paradise.
Temptation of Eve.
Adam and Eve hide their Faces.
The Expulsion from Eden.
The first Human Family.
Cain's Sacrifice rejected.
Cain kills his Brother Abel.
Cain a Fugitive.
Cain builds the first City.
Jabal, Tubal and Tubal-Cain.
The Wickedness of Man be- fore the Flood.
Noah building the Ark.
The Flood destroying Man and Beast.
Interior of the Ark.
Return of the Dove with the Olive Branch.
Noah's Sacrifice and the Rain- bow.
Tower of Babel— Scattering of the