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.
Stereo photographs of a Soldier Drilling for Wheatstone's Moving Picture Viewer
Two strips of stereo photographs showing a British soldier drilling, presenting arms. For early stereo-kinematographic viewing apparatus, 'Wheatstone's Moving Picture Viewer'. Albumen prints.