TWELVE DIDACTIC ASTRONOMICAL LANTERN SLIDES
TWELVE DIDACTIC ASTRONOMICAL LANTERN SLIDES

ENGLISH, BEFORE 1848

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TWELVE DIDACTIC ASTRONOMICAL LANTERN SLIDES
ENGLISH, BEFORE 1848
a complete set of hand-painted slides, numbered 1-12 showing the planets with their satellites, phases of the moon, tides and eclipses, the last two with moving parts to demonstrate eclipses of Sun and Moon.
9½in long in case

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The eighth satellite on Saturn was discoverd in 1848, here Saturn is shown with seven and Uranus six, as it was commonly thought to have from 1797 to circa 1830.

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