Roche patent

Region: United States    Period: 1850–1890   

Thomas C. Roche designed a fanfold stereoscope that resembles the stereoscopes of Alexander Beckers in outward appearance. The mechanism, however, is based on a stack of paper stereoviews connected in a zigzag arrangement. The strip of stereoviews hangs over a rod. By turning a knob, a stereoview is lifted from the stack and positioned in front of the lenses.

Roche’s stereoscope was distributed by the London Stereoscopic Company in New York.

Related items: Beckers patents  Fanfold stereoscope

Patents and registrations:

Number: 26525
Stereoscopic apparatus
Filing: 20-12-1859, Applicant(s): Thomas C. Roche. via: worldwide.espacenet.com

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