Terpuoscope Magic Lantern

PART OF:: The Kodak Museum Collection

Made:: 1885-1895 in London

maker:: Messrs John Wrench & Company

Terpuoscope magic lantern inside a wooden box together with a wooden double slider carrier. Optical lantern with mechanical slide changing mechanism. Rackwork carries unmounted slides from below the lens mounting into the focal plane ejecting previous slide from the top. Provision for mounted slides or ordinary slide carrier. 6 inch projection lens fitted with rack and pinion focusing. No light spurce. Storage space below lamp chamber for slides, chimney is missing etc. J. Wrench and co c.1890.

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Category:: Cinematography

Collection:: Kodak Collection

Object Number:: 1990-5036/2852

type:: magic lantern

credit:: The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford

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Terpuoscope Magic Lantern

Terpuoscope magic lantern. Optical lantern with mechanical slide changing mechanism. Rackwork carries unmounted slides from below the lens mounting into the focal plane ejecting previous slide from the top. Provision for mounted slides or ordinary slide carrier. 6 inch projection lens fitted with rack and pinion focusing. No light spurce. Storage space below lamp chamber for slides, chimney is missing etc. J. Wrench and co c.1890.