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Cinemateca Cabinet
Cinemateca Portuguesa Collection, Lisbon #CP_MC-01
Country Year
Dimensions Closed: H= cm, W=78.8 cm, D=84.5 Open: H= cm, W=78.8 cm, D=43.8
Lens: ⌀=16 cm, ƒ==65 cm
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Figure CP_MC-01.1 –Cinemateca Cabinet |
| Photo © Rod Bantjes. |
This is a double-lens optical box with an extending lens-case dating somewhere between the late 18th and early 19th century. It is an example of an “optical machine ” and is included in the Optical Machine Taxonomy.