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Wood-Framed Mechanical Lantern Slide: No. 3 Spring and Neap Tides, for Astronomy Lectures, c.1880

Inventory Number 59915


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.59915

Item type
Object
Object type
Lantern slide
Dimensions
Height: 103mm Width: 224mm Depth: 16mm Weight: 229g
Inventory No
59915

Description

A wood-framed cog-wheel turning mechanism lantern slide. The mechanism is attached to the frame with 6 screws. The slide is labelled; "No. 3 This Diagram illustrates the cause of Spring and Neap Tides and shews the Moon's Phases during its revolution." The slide is painted to represent this. On the reverse the slide is labelled "22".