A COLLECTION OF MECHANICAL ASTRONOMICAL MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES...

Hammer

£550

A COLLECTION OF MECHANICAL ASTRONOMICAL MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES

constructed in wood, brass and glass, each with brass and wood operating handle, and comprising a rare orrery slide with maker's label inscribed The Solar System shewing the Revolution of all the Planets with their Satellites round the sun; together with five examples signed W. Atkins & Hill, the titles reading ROTUNDITY OF THE EARTH, The Planet of Venus Shewing Its Retrograde Motion as Viewed from The Earth; ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, Partial and Annular, with The Transit of Venus Across the Sun Disk; ANNUAL AND DIURNAL MOTION OF THE EARTH, With the Moon Moving Round the Earth; DAY AND NIGHT, Produced by The Diurnal Motion of The Earth on Its Axis -- each 4 x 7in. (10 x 18cm.).

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Good overall condition but some teeth missing on one or two of the slides.