Biunial lantern (magic or optical lantern, n.d.)

Type of hardware

Nation of origin

unknown

Date of first manufacture

unknown

Examples of this hardware

Appleton's biunial lantern (biunial lantern, R.J. Appleton & Co., 1880s)
Archer's No. 1 biunial lantern (biunial lantern, Archer & Sons, 1880s)
Archer's No. 2 biunial lantern (biunial lantern, Archer & Sons, 1880s)
Archer's No. 3 biunial lantern (biunial lantern, Archer & Sons, 1880s)
Archer's No. 4 biunial lantern (biunial lantern, Archer & Sons, 1880s)
Bi-cylindrical lantern (biunial lantern, W.C. Hughes, 1875)
E. Mazo biunial magic lantern (biunial lantern, E. Mazo, n.d.)
Keevil lantern (biunial lantern, York & Son, 1870s)
Laterna Magica (biunial lantern, c.1880)
Place's biunial lantern (biunial lantern, J. Place, 1880s)
Unilux biunial lantern (biunial lantern, Archer & Sons, n.d.)

Dimensions

unknown

Production

Original retail price

unknown

Related hardware

see also Double lantern (magic or optical lantern, n.d.)

References

Lewis Wright, ‘Apparatus for scientific demonstration’ in NMLJ 2.1 (January 1981), pp. 5-6

John Barnes, ‘The Barnes Museum: catalogue excerpts’ in NMLJ 1.2 (February 1979), p. 6

T.C. Hepworth and J.H. Pepper (comp. Tony Dugdale), ‘A brief history of the lantern’ in NMLJ 1.1 (April 1978), p. 5

‘Catalogue for the Exhibition’ in NMLJ 1.1 (April 1978), p. 8

W.I. Chadwick and David Henry, ‘The Dancer double lantern’ in NMLJ 3.1 (February 1984), p. 19

‘Glossary’ in NMLJ 1.1 (April 1978), p. 15

Dennis Crompton and Tony Dugdale, ‘Scene on board’ in NMLJ 2.1 (January 1981), pp. 7-9

Illustrations in

Dennis Crompton and Tony Dugdale, ‘Scene on board’ in NMLJ 2.1 (January 1981), 7-9
‘Catalogue for the Exhibition’ in NMLJ 1.1 (April 1978), 8

Notes

A 'biunial' lantern has two optical systems housed (usually one above the other) in a single lantern body, as opposed to a 'double' lantern which consists of a pair of lantern bodies usually arranged side by side.

Lucerna ID 2000019

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 18 October 2011

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