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OBJECT TYPE
Lantern/Postcard/Elect
DATE
1935
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1979.0741.001
MANUFACTURER
Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.
MODEL
LRM Balopticon
LOCATION
Rochester, New York, United States of America

More Information


General Information

Serial #
144908
Part Number
1
Total Parts
4
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
All steel chassis, cast aluminium lens supports, chromed brass lens mount, internal glass mirrors and curved reflector, glass lenses/ Leather velvet lined lens cap, wooden slide carriers, wood & metal postcard holders.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length
71.5 cm
Width
27.3 cm
Height
53.0 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Photography
Category
Still images
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
Bausch Lomb
Country
United States of America
State/Province
New York
City
Rochester

Context

Country
Unknown
State/Province
Unknown
Period
Ca. 1940's.
Canada
Unknown. Projectors such as these were used in educational, laboratory, and commercial settings from their introduction in 1902 by Bausch and Lomb.
Function
To project still images onto a viewing surface. Displays both transparent slides and opaque images interchangeably.
Technical
The Balopticon was Bausch and Lomb's trade name for their magic lantern projectors. This particular Balopticon displayed both opaque images and slides interchangeably. The LRM Balopticon could be equipped with the projection microscope or the film attachments making it a versatile multi-format projector.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
.001: Mfr. plate reads: "BAUSCH/ & LOMB/ OPTICAL CO./ ROCHESTER N.Y./ U.S.A." ; Small rectangular plate reads: "LINE 115 VOLTS 5 AMPS./ CYCLE/ SER. NO. 144908 TYPE 41-23-52"
Missing
No.
Finish
All black. Semi-lustre chassis outside - mat black; Inside lens supports - black crinkle-finish; leather lens cap - black. 3" transparency carrier - black wood; 2-1/2" transparency carrier - natural mahogany. The postcard holders are black wood and metal.
Decoration
Small triangular Mfr.'s plate on access door to mirrors. Small rectangular plate with Serial No., type, and voltage characteristics.

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Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Projector, circa 1935, Artifact no. 1979.0741, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1979.0741.001/

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