Lantern Slide

Description:

Mechanical lantern slide in a rectangular wooden frame. A paper label reads “No. 8. This Diagram illustrates the Annual Motion of the Earth round the Sun, with the Monthly lunations of the Moon.” 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. 219.

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: Colgate University, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PH.328126.02Accession Number: 271987Catalog Number: 328126.02

Object Name: Lantern slide

Measurements: overall: 9 1/2 in x 4 in x 3/4 in; 24.13 cm x 10.16 cm x 1.905 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-789d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_740153

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