Cycloidotrope, mechanical lantern slide to produce geometric patterns Cycloidotrope, mechanical lantern slide
Cycloidotrope for lantern - The Invisible Drawing Master. Lantern slide device for tracing geometric designs on smoked glass disks. Rotating and reciprocating gears and levers move stylus point over rotating smoked glass disk. Cycloidotrope for lantern, The Invisible Drawing Master c. 1865
Cycloidotrope: 'The Invisible Drawing Master'. E Marshall, 78 Queen Victoria Street, London EC. Slide for magic lantern, generating geometrical patterns on smoked glass; fully adjustable, producing very wide range of designs. Stylus arm and part of wooden guide missing (replaced November 1975). With instruction sheet. In wooden tray. Cycloidotrope: 'The Invisible Drawing Master' c. 1865
Cycloidotrope for lantern - The Invisible Drawing Master. Lantern slide device for tracing geometric designs on smoked glass disks. Rotating and reciprocating gears and leavers move stylus point over rotating smoked glass disk. With 5 disks with a traced pattern, fixed with varnish. Cycloidotrope for lantern - The Invisible Drawing Master c. 1865