Three pressure regulators / gauges for use with cylinders supplying oxygen and hydrogen to a limelight-illuminent lantern slide projector.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Glass, Rubber
Measurements
200 x 190 x 60 mm (each item, without tubing)
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525232.3
Summary
Three pressure regulators / gauges for use with cylinders supplying oxygen and hydrogen to a limelight-illuminent lantern slide projector. 1. An oxygen supply pressure regulator and gauge (glass broken), with rubber tube attached. Made of brass, with black paint on attachment screw. Face of gauge marked "Ox." and "No.687897". Stamped on base of regulator "R.R. Beard 15 lbs PRO Beard's Patent 23686". 2. A hydrogen supply pressure regulator and gauge. Made of brass, with red paint on attachment screw. Face of gauge marked "HY." and "Made in London", Stamped on base of regulator "R.R.Beard Beard's Patent 28797". 3. An oxygen supply pressure regulator (no gauge). Made of brass with black paint on attachment. Stamped "oxygen".
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986