Two Beard 'Eclipse' lantern slide carriers

Made:: c. 1886 in London

maker:: Robert Royou Beard

Two Beard 'Eclipse' lantern slide carriers (3 1/4" x 4 1/4-inch) slides; with original instruction sheet; also one other similar slide carrier

Robert Royou Beard was a British inventor and manufacturer of magic lantern accessories. He developed a regulator which held the gas pressure in dissolving lanterns at the correct levels as well as the Eclipse self-centring slide carrier, which allowed slides to be changed without the operator having to lean over the lantern and also ensured that the screen was never blank.

Beard 'Eclipse' lantern slide carrier (3 1/4 x 4 1/4-inch slides)

c. 1886

Beard 'Eclipse' lantern slide carrier for 3 1/4" x 4 1/4" slides

c. 1886

Details

Category:: Cinematography

Object Number:: 1977-110

type:: lantern slide carrier

credit:: The National Media Museum, Bradford

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