'Boys Own' magic lantern
'Boy's Own' magic lantern. Metal magic lantern for 3 1/4 inch square slides, inserted singly in metal frames. Petzval type projection lens, sliding focusing. Provision for double plano-convex condenser lenses, one missing, the other badly chipped. No light source, but chimney design suggests incandescent electric lamp. Green painted with brass lens tube. Manufactured by Butcher.
Details
- Category:
- Cinematography
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/2110
- Materials:
- glass, brass (copper, zinc alloy) and metal (unknown)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 195 mm x 148 mm x 405 mm,
- type:
- magic lantern
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
