Scientific demonstration lantern (magic or optical lantern, n.d.)

Type of hardware

Nation of origin

unknown

Date of first manufacture

unknown

Examples of this hardware

'Combination Scientist' lantern (scientific demonstration lantern, W.C. Hughes, n.d.)
Duboscq lantern (scientific demonstration lantern, Duboscq, n.d.)
Newton's Electric Scientific lantern (scientific demonstration lantern, Newton & Co., n.d.)
Vertical projection lantern (scientific demonstration lantern, n.d.)

Dimensions

unknown

Production

Original retail price

unknown

References

David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), pp. 269-270

Lewis Wright, ‘Apparatus for scientific demonstration’ in NMLJ 2.1 (January 1981), pp. 4-6

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

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

Illustration in

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

Lucerna ID 2000018

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 18 October 2011

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Scientific demonstration lantern (magic or optical lantern, n.d.)