22 MAGIC LANTERN WITH DIRECT CURRENT ICH I 



FIG. 5. GLOVES WITH ASBESTOS PATCHES, PALM SIDE UP. 



Left glove, p. i. m. The pollex or thumb (/>), the index or fore finger 

 (i), and the medius or middle finger (m), have the patches on the palmar sur- 

 face and sides. 



c Carbon held pincer-like between the index and medius. 



Right glove. The asbestos patches are as in the left. Above the correspond- 

 ing digits (i, 2, 3) are patterns of suitable patches drawn to the same scale as 

 the gloves. 



With the hands protected by such gloves, one can grasp the hot 

 carbons within two or three centimeters (i in.) of the hot tips with 

 entire safety. The asbestos being a non-conductor of electricity 

 as well as of heat, makes it safe also to work about the lantern when 

 the current is on ( 2 7 a). 



27a. Old leather gloves answer very well if one does not wish to sacri- 

 fice a new pair. New cloth gloves with gauntlets can be had for 20 cents. 

 These answer fairly, but are not so good as the leather gloves, and there is 

 no danger of the leather gloves being motheaten or catching fire. It is easier 

 to sew the patches on the cloth gloves, however. 



Asbestos mittens are to be had of dealers in chemicals and chemical 

 apparatus. They are of asbestos cloth but are so thick and clumsy that they 

 are not adapted for working about the lantern. 



