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Wood-Framed Lantern Slide of Coloured Double Stars, c.1920

Inventory Number 35494


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.35494

Item type
Object
Provenance
From the Oxford University Observatory?
Physical material
Wood
Glass
Tape
Paper
Zinc
Object type
Lantern slide
Dimensions
Height: 120mm Width: 178mm Depth: 10mm Weight: 105g
Inventory No
35494

Description

Home-made glass and metal slide with colour produced with fragments of coloured glass taped to the surface - with a zinc substrate. In Mahogany Slide Frame. The zinc is inscribed on the rear with the names of the stars. Two white circular stickers indicate the top of the slide.