Flatters & Garnett Precision Micro Projector

A precision micro projector by Flatters & Garnett of Manchester, dating to the 1930s. Flatters & Garnett operated from the city’s Oxford Road, initially making equipment to service the area’s flourishing textile industry, but also making microscopes and projection equipment including magic lanterns, epidiascopes and photomicrography equipment. The company was also well-known for its magic lantern slides covering a broad range of subjects including natural history and astronomy.

This instrument, the company’s ‘Precision Micro Projector’ was used for projecting microscope slides onto a screen or wall. It comprises a lamp housing with lens assembly/focusing unit, a liquid-filled glass condenser (presumably to reduce heat transfer to the slide), a slide holder and substage assembly and finally a microscope fitted with three lens turret. Originally the instrument would also have been fitted with a mirror to allow projection at an angle. The whole assembly measures 45cm long and is 23cm high, 70cm including the stand. SOLD