Beard 'Eclipse' lantern slide carrier (3 1/4 x 4 1/4-inch slides)
c. 1886
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 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