Accession No

3981

Brief Description

exposure meter, by The Imperial Dry Plate Company, English, 1901 (c)

Origin

England; London; Cricklewood

Maker

Imperial Dry Plate Company Ltd.

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1901

Latest Date

1901

Inscription Date

Material

card; leather

Dimensions

length 120mm; breadth 75mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased at the Scientific Instruments Fair, London, England, 1993.

Inscription

‘IMPERIAL
EXPOSURE
METER
NO 1.
FOR BRIGHT LIGHT
THE IMPERIAL DRY PLATE CO LTD.
CRICKLEWOOD. - LONDON. N.W.’ (one side)
‘IMPERIAL
EXPOSURE
METER.
NO 2.
FOR DULL LIGHT
THE IMPERIAL DRY PLATE CO LTD.
CRICKLEWOOD. - LONDON. N.W.’ (other side)
‘IMPERIAL
DUPLEX EXPOSURE METER
Combining
No. 1. METER FOR BRIGHT LIGHT &
No. 2. FOR DULL LIGHT & INTERIORS.
Price 2/6
The Imperial Dry Plate Co., Ltd.,
Cricklewood, London, N.W.’ (box)

Description Notes

Pocket size folding card with information and tables re photographic exposure times. Dark green, hard-backed. In matching cardboard and leather slip-case.

Condition fair; complete

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