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Wood-Framed Lantern Slide: Stars with Coloured Glass, c.1900

Inventory Number 95380


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.95380

Item type
Object
Provenance
From the Oxford University Observatory.
Object type
Lantern slide
Dimensions
Height: 100mm Width: 200mm Depth: 10mm Weight: 80g
Inventory No
95380

Description

Home made: wooden slide frame with metal plate with holes to which is taped fragments of coloured glass. Castor and other bodies located. The slide is possibly made of zinc. The wooden frame is inscribed in pencil "19" and on the reverse with the names of the star systems.