Lantern Slide

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Description:

Mechanical lantern slide in a rectangular wooden frame, with paper label that reads “No. 1. The Solar System, shewing the Revolution of all the Planets with their Satellites round the Sun.” The planets here extend out to Neptune. In 1848, this retailed for $5.75.

Ref: Benjamin Pike, Jr., Pike’s Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue of Optical, Mathematical, and Philosophical Instruments (New York, 1848), vol. 2, p. 218.

Location: Currently not on view

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PH.328126.01Accession Number: 271987Catalog Number: 328126.01

Object Name: lantern slide

Measurements: overall: 7 in x 4 in x 5/8 in; 17.78 cm x 10.16 cm x 1.5875 cmoverall: 4 in x 9 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 24.13 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-55e7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1184664

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