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Wheatstone's Moving Picture Viewer

Made:: c. 1870

inventor:: CHARLES WHEATSTONE

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A stereo pair of images from the reel of an early stereo-kinematographic viewing apparatus, 'Wheatstone's Moving
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Stereo-kinematographic viewing apparatus, 'Wheatstone's Moving Picture Viewer'. Holding a reel of stereoscopic images of a mechanical apparatus, albumen prints.

Invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875), the scientist who put forward the principle of the stereoscope, this device contained a band of stereoscopic photographs, posed to simulate movement, fitted around a drum. The drum was rotated intermittently, giving the viewer an impression of movement.

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Category:: Cinematography

Object Number:: 1949-265

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy), glass, iron and wood (unidentified)

type:: stereo viewer

credit:: King's College, London

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