Accession No

4369

Brief Description

camera, revolving drum, by Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Ltd., English, 1922

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Ltd.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1922

Latest Date

1922

Inscription Date

Material

metal; plastic (ebonite); glass

Dimensions

length 560mm; breadth 390mm; height 390mm

Special Collection

Cambridge Instrument Company Collection

Provenance

Donated by the Cambridge Instrument Company.

Inscription

Description Notes

Metal drum on base; light-tight sliding door reveals revolving cylinder for film, rotating on a sliding, horizontal axle with worm gear and magnetic clutch at one end and belt wheel at the other; optical shutter on side of outer drum, with connection to electrical relay; three terminals on ebonite plate; cylindrical glass lens in front of shutter.

Condition: fair; incomplete (wooden cover for lens and shutter missing).

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