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Wood-Framed Lantern Slide: the Ptolemaic System, by W. E. & F. Newton, London, c.1870

Inventory Number 20430


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.20430

Item type
Object
Physical material
Wood
Glass
Paint
Ink
Paper
Object type
Lantern slide
Dimensions
Height: 100mm Width: 165mm Depth: 9mm Weight: 111g
Inventory No
20430

Description

Hand painted wooden framed lantern slide with depiction of the Ptolemaic system. The slide is numbered with a paper label "19" and has the maker's mark - Newton - with address. the top edge of the slide is numbered 1 and "Ptolemaic Style".