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Terpuoscope Patent lantern

Details
Terpuoscope Patent lantern
tinplate lamphouse, with Perken, Son & Rayment Optimus illuminant, chimney, two side-opening doors, a brass-bound rack-and-pinion focusing 7in. lens and vertical hand-turned rackwork slide-changer
Literature
John Barnes (1970), Barnes Museum of Cinematography. Catalogue of the Collection. Part 2. Optical Projection.
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Lot Essay

The Terpuoscope lantern was the subject of British patent no. 12860, 14 August 1889 granted to Alfred Wrench. The rackwork automatic registering slide-carrier was designed for showing both mounted and unmounted slides, and to conceal the change by an effect (created by a brass shutter) like a falling curtain.

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