Carbon rods for carbon arc illuminant.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Carbon
Measurements
85 x 185 x 95 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525404.7
Summary
A group of 26 carbon rods for carbon arc illuminant. There are two thicknesses (3mm and 5mm) and all are the same length (120mm). They have been stored in an old McVities biscuit tin.
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.