Projector
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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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