A very rare scientific game
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Circa
late 19th century
Country of manufacture
France
Description
A scarce scientific game bearing the title “Les Rayons X (W. W. Paris)”, so by Charles Auguste Watilliaux and datable from the late 19th century or circa 1900.
Rontger discovered X-rays at the end of 1895. In France, the first x-ray experiments took place in 1896.
The game allowed, according to its instructions stuck on the cover, to show the capacity of X-rays to pass through matter, “to see through the plate or any opaque body which [the user will use] as an interceptor”.
Extremely rare little scientific game, perfectly complete and in good condition.
Only the box has a few detached sides.
The game measures 7.5×3.2×3.3cm.
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Dealer information
Le Zograscope
Established by Alexandre Piffault in 2014 and based in Paris at 5 rue de Condé, 75006, very close to Odéon, Le Zograscope specializes in antique and rare books in Science, Medicine and Technology, and rare antique instruments in the same fields. We have especially a strong interest in early and continental microscopy, early and special mathematical/drawing instruments, medical and surgical instrument, and rare technology.
Personnal website : https://www.lezograscope.com/
