SCIOPTICON MANUAL. 39 



DISSOLVING VIEWS. 



THE STAND. The peculiar stand represented in Fig. 

 16, is mostly the one used with Sciopticon dissolving 

 apparatus, and so can better be described with it, but it 

 is not necessarily a part of it. 



It consists of a well-made walnut box, mounted on 

 two pairs of adjustable legs, attached by fixed thumb- 

 screws and nuts. The back legs are an inch or so shorter 

 than those attached to the front at A, to elevate the 

 range of the lanterns. The back of the stand may 

 be known by the match-lighter G, and by its being nec- 

 essary for the operator from behind to have the open- 

 ing and the box of slides B at his right hand. The 

 slide D stands on end, to separate the used from the 

 unused slides. 



When the apparatus is taken down, the legs swing 

 together on their hinges, and are tied in a bundle ; the 

 open side of the box becomes the top ; the instruments 

 occupy the stalls E and F; the djssolver is drawn apart 

 and placed alongside ; the caps are removed from the 

 chimney, and placed in the rear; the box of slides occu- 

 pies the space in front; the swing shelf G becomes the 

 lid and is locked down; the strap S and its mate, now 

 hidden under the instruments, meet over the top for one 

 carrier, or serve like the ears of a basket, for two. 



But as a stand, as seen in the diagram, the front of 

 the box becomes the baseboard, and like any other 13 

 by 17 inch board, affords suitable standing-room for the 

 apparatus; it is more likely to keep it level than a sep- 

 arate board, as it is dovetailed and firmly fastened in 

 place. 



DISSOLVING APPARATUS ARRANGED. The fronts of 

 the sciopticons R and L, hold firmly by claws to two 



