Wonder Panoramic camera

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Rudolph Stirn
DESIGNER: Connon, J.R.
INVENTOR: Stirn, Carl P.
NATIONALITY: German
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Germany, Berlin
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1890
PATENT DATE: December 31, 1889
FILM TYPE: rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 3¼ x 18 in.
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: panoramic
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: 75mm f/12 Periscopic
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "C.P. Stirn's patent "The Wonder" Panoranic Camera, covering up to
  360°, for up to five exposures 3¼ x 18 in. in length, on
  transparent roll film, Berlin, Germany, c. 1889, the box-form stained
  birch wood body mounted on nickel-plate turn-table above black-painted
  cast-iron tripod head, on a walnut stand (for display); with a
  Periscopic 75mm f/12 lens. The two side panels remove to reveal brass
  rollers through which the film is wound, the take-up spool is attached
  to a cord which is strung through the center of the tripod head; this
  cord, when pulled, causes the film to wind past the rollers, one of
  the rollers turns a small wheel at the bottom of the camera which is
  connected by a string to the turntable which causes the whole camera
  to turn. A spring catch at the bottom of the turn-table can be set
  for 90° (4½ in. of film), 180° (9 in. of film), 270° (13½ in. of
  film)es, or 360° (18 in. of film). A punch h63e at the back of the
  camera notches the film for later cutting. The speed of rotation is
  governed by a friction screw on the top of the turntable."
  (N. Russell, 1990).

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: R9165.00001

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Lothrop, Eaton S., Jr. --A Century of Cameras from the Collection of the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House.-- Dobbs Ferry, NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1973. pp 60.//
Russell, Nigel H. --Panoramic Cameras, Panoramic Images and other items relating to Panoramic Photography in the Spira Collection.-- Unpublished Desktop publication from Fred Spira, 1990.//