English, c.1880, stamped 'BAKER OPTICIAN, 244 HOLBORN, OPPOSIT DAY & MARTINS', the set consisting of slides labeled as No.1, The Solar System shewing the Revolution of all of the Planets with their Satellites round the sun - a mechanical orrery slide; No.3 This Diagram illustrates the cause of Spring and Neap Tides, and shews the Moons Phases during its revolution; No.5 Rotundidty of the earth; No7 The Diurnal Motion of the Earth shewing the Rising and Setting of the Sun, Illustrating the cause of day & Night; No.8 This diagram illustrates the Annual Motion of the Earth round the Sun with the monthly lunations of the Moon; No.10 This Diagram shows the Eclipse of the moon, in an associated wooden case, each slide 18cm x 11cm

Condition report: slide No.1 has a crack to the glass, slide No.8 has been cut with two square notches, slide No.10 is cracked