Accession No

1369

Brief Description

wood and card phenakistiscope, 2/2 19th C

Origin

Maker

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

wood; card; metal (steel)

Dimensions

height 495mm; diameter 455mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

Description Notes

Wood and card phenakistiscope, 2/2 19th C.

Stroboscopic disc mounted vertically on a turned wooden stand by means of a metal nut and bolt. Disc has 44 radial slits and shows a water droplet falling from the circumference towards the centre.

Condition good; complete

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