Beard 'Eclipse' lantern slide carrier (3 1/4 x 4 1/4-inch slides)
- Made:
- c. 1886 in London
- maker:
- Robert Royou Beard
Beard 'Eclipse' lantern slide carrier (3 1/4 x 4 1/4-inch slides), one of two, by R.R.Beard
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.
Details
- Category:
- Cinematography
- Object Number:
- 1977-110/1
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy) and wood (unidentified)
- Measurements:
-
114mm x 312mm x 20mm
- type:
- lantern slide carrier
- credit:
- The National Media Museum, Bradford
