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Home-made Ratched-type Mechanical Astronomical Slide of the Sun and Moon (?), c. 1900

Inventory Number 17677


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.17677

Item type
Object
Provenance
In box see 23897 and 90713.
Physical material
Wood
Glass
Metal
Object type
Slide
Dimensions
Height: 249mm Width: 117mm Depth: 25mm Weight: 647g
Inventory No
17677
Accession Number
1964-235

Description

Wooden panels with glass panes in between, with a ratchet-type mechanism operated by a lever.

Kept inside wooden rectangular box with paper labels to the side and inside reading: “Cook’s Toilet Soaps”.