Mutoscope (wooden table-top model)

OBJECT TYPE: Viewer
MANUFACTURER: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: USA, NY
OBJECT NAME VARIATION:
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca. 1896
PATENT DATE: 11/5/1895; 1/25/1898
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: mutoscope

NOTES:
  Polished mahogany table-top mutoscope with viewing lens at front;
  Illuminated from top via small door; mirror to concentrate light;
  Button at front to ajust viewing angle; Turning brass crank causes
  inside reel to move via worm and spur gears; rotation causes image
  cards to 'flip'; flipping cards creates illusion of motion.
  Dimensions: 50.0cmL X 25.3cmW X 52.0cmH.

MATERIAL VIEWED/PROJECTED: paper

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: A5126.00001

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Coe, Brian. --The History of Movie Photography.-- Eastview Editions, 1981. pp 78-81.//