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Slide set: Astronomical slides: no. 1 set (lecture: Newton & Co., 33-37 slides, in/before 1888)

Known references to this set
Catalogue of magic lanterns, dissolving-view apparatus, and lantern slides (London: Newton & Co., 1899), 323

“A Series of 33 Paintings, 3 inches diameter, £5 10s.”

1909
Catalogue of science lanterns, optical lanterns, dissolving-view apparatus, and lantern slides (London: Newton & Co., 1909), 112

“A Series of 37 Paintings, 3 inches diameter, £7 7s.”

1913
Catalogue of lantern slides: part II (London: Newton & Co., 1913), 404

“A Series of 37 Paintings, 3 inches diameter, £7 7s.”

Other reference
1888
Walter D. Welford and Henry Sturmey (compilers), The 'indispensable handbook' to the optical lantern: a complete cyclopaedia on the subject of optical lanterns, slides, and accessory apparatus (London: Iliffe & Son, 1888), 271

“Here we have two lectures. In No. 1 we have 33 illustrations of the Sun, Planets, Systems, Tides, Comparative Sizes of Sun and Planets, etc. In No. 2 we have 54 illustrations of Planetary Motion, Comets, Refraction, Constellations (5), Solar Eclipses, Solar Spots and Prominences, Forms of Clouds, etc.”

Lucerna ID  3000285

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 13 January 2021

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