Beale's Choreutoscope
- Made:
- circa 1866 in London
Beale's Choreutoscope c.1870.
First devised by Beale in 1866, the Choreutoscope was a type of magic lantern slide containing six separate pictures. These were projected onto a screen in rapid succession to give an impression of movement. It was the first projection device to use an intermittent movement, which became the basis of all cine cameras and projectors.
Details
- Category:
- Cinematography
- Object Number:
- 1969-96
- Materials:
- glass, brass (copper, zinc alloy), wood (unidentified) and paint
- Measurements:
-
whole: .07 kg
- type:
- choreutoscope
- credit:
- The National Media Museum, Bradford
