Rotating slide for lantern kaleidoscope
- PART OF:
- The Kodak Museum Collection
Rotating slide for lantern kaleidoscope. Gear slide with glass cell containing pieces of coloured glass which tumble when the handle is turned. See1990-5036/448
A projection kaleidoscope resembles a lens, as it is a brass tube but consists of two long mirrors, set at 60 degree angle to each other. When light is shone down the tube, a 6 fold reflection of the projected image is produced. This example was made by Charles and Francis Darker, the sons of William Hill Darker, a 19th century London-based maker of scientific instruments.
Details
- Category:
- Cinematography
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/449
- type:
- slide
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
