- Item type
- Object
- Provenance
- Transferred from the University Observatory, Oxford.
- Primary inscriptions
- Paper label: 'University Observatory, Oxford'.
- Object type
- Lantern slide
- Dimensions
- Height: 116mm Width: 293mm Depth: 19mm Weight: 204g
- Inventory No
- 66958
Description
Home made rectangular wooden with two blackened glasses (photographic plates?) with lines, etc. so that when one is drawn across the other there is the shooting star effect. Draw rod made from an umbrella tine! The piece is held together at one end with a brass alloy plate and two brass alloy screws. Instructions and information are written on the wooden frame.
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