Paul Dupont

Stroborama, c. 1925.

Measurement of the bending of the tip of a propeller blade (photograph to the millionth of a second). Issy-les-Moulineaux wind tunnel.

Vintage silver print. Printed caption Stroborama type A. Photograph to the millionth of a second of a 1m80 diameter propeller rotating at 2,400 rpm. Blade tip speed: 226 meters/second on verso.

17.9 x 12.9 cm



This perfectly still image of a propeller spinning at very high speed illustrates the chronophotographic experiments of the 1920s in Raymond Lecuyer's Histoire de la photographie (1945).
Timed Friday 29 November 2024・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
Lot no. 59

Paul Dupont Stroborama, c. 1925. Measurement of the bending of the tip of a propeller blade (photograph to the millionth of a second). Issy-les-Moulineaux wind tunnel. Vintage silver print. Printed caption Stroborama type A. Photograph to the millionth of a second of a 1m80 diameter propeller rotating at 2,400 rpm. Blade tip speed: 226 meters/second on verso. 17.9 x 12.9 cm This perfectly still image of a propeller spinning at very high speed illustrates the chronophotographic experiments of the 1920s in Raymond Lecuyer's Histoire de la photographie (1945).

Estimate
€100 - €150
Result
€115
Buyer's premium
30%
Paul Dupont Stroborama, c. 1925. Measurement of the bending of the tip of a propeller blade (photograph to the millionth of a second). Issy-les-Moulineaux wind tunnel. Vintage silver print. Printed caption Stroborama type A. Photograph to the millionth of a second of a 1m80 diameter propeller rotating at 2,400 rpm. Blade tip speed: 226 meters/second on verso. 17.9 x 12.9 cm This perfectly still image of a propeller spinning at very high speed illustrates the chronophotographic experiments of the 1920s in Raymond Lecuyer's Histoire de la photographie (1945).
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