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Wood-Framed Mechanical Lantern Slide: Solar System, c.1880

Inventory Number 94104

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.94104

Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the University Observatory, Oxford.
Other inscriptions
Blue paper label glued to mahogany frame marked in white '14'.
Object type
Lantern slide
Dimensions
Height: 110mm Width: 166mm Depth: 16mm Weight: 220g
Inventory No
94104

Description

Wood framed lantern slide with cog-wheel turning system. On one face the slide is labelled "14" and "This is to the Condensor, Top side in Lantern. Handle on the Right. Turn medium pace". The mechanism is fixed in place with 4 brass alloy screws below which an arrow drawing into the frame points downwards.4 small pins hold the glass in place. A label "U" is stuck to the top edge.

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