Text: ‘Some illuminants’ in NMLJ 1.1 (April 1978)
The new magic lantern journal: volume 1 number 1 (April 1978), p. 14
Illuminant (, n.d.)
Argand lamp (oil-based illuminant, c.1783)
Oil-based illuminant (illuminant, n.d.)
Sciopticon (standard single lantern, L.J. Marcy, n.d.)
MARCY, L.J. (fl. 1860s-80s)
Limelight (gas-based illuminant, n.d.)
DRUMMOND, Lieutenant Thomas (1797-1840)
Oxy-calcium (gas-based illuminant, n.d.)
Oxy-hydrogen (gas-based illuminant, n.d.)
Blow-through jet (gas-based illuminant, n.d.)
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