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Chromatrope {??Wood-Framed} Mechanical Lantern Slide, by W. Pike, U.S.A.?, c.1860

Inventory Number 96374


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.96374

Item type
Object
Makers
W. Pike
Primary inscriptions
Punched "W. PIKE".
Object type
Lantern slide
Dimensions
Height: 106mm Width: 293mm Depth: 14mm Weight: 215g
Inventory No
96374

Description

A wood-framed turning chromatrope lantern slide, stamped W. PIKE. Written onto the frame of the slide is "PAINTED BY MR CHILD FOR PROFESSOR PHILLIPSTAHL 1844". There are at least 5 metal screws and a pin holding the mechanism in place and