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Wood-Framed Lantern Slide (Slipping Type): Aperture in Cardboard with Coloured Glass, for Astronomy Lectures, c.1900

Inventory Number 82250


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.82250

Item type
Object
Provenance
From the Oxford University Observatory.
Physical material
Wood
Glass
Card
Pencil
Object type
Lantern slide
Dimensions
Height: 103mm Width: 183mm Depth: 11mm Weight: 123g
Inventory No
82250

Description

Oblong mahogany magic lantern slide framed on three sides, With paddle shaped piece of cardboard with 10mm diameter circular hole and two glass slippers - one on each side of the cardboard. The card is marked in pencil "Towards You".