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... views of Galen on the dissimilarity of the three pictures which are requisite in binocular vision , he employs a much more distinct diagram than that which is given by the Greek physician . " Let A , " he says , " be the H D G B E FIG ...
... views of Galen on the dissimilarity of the three pictures which are requisite in binocular vision , he employs a much more distinct diagram than that which is given by the Greek physician . " Let A , " he says , " be the H D G B E FIG ...
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... view of it . This discussion is appended to the demon- stration of the theorem , " that when an object is seen with two eyes , two optical pyramids are formed whose common base is the object itself , and whose vertices are in the " 2 ...
... view of it . This discussion is appended to the demon- stration of the theorem , " that when an object is seen with two eyes , two optical pyramids are formed whose common base is the object itself , and whose vertices are in the " 2 ...
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... view in which the pyramids ought to be equal , into whatever direction both eyes are turned , they receive pictures of the object under inequal angles , the greatest of which is that which is terminated at the nearer eye , and the ...
... view in which the pyramids ought to be equal , into whatever direction both eyes are turned , they receive pictures of the object under inequal angles , the greatest of which is that which is terminated at the nearer eye , and the ...
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... views of the same scene , as seen by each eye , but he drew the trans- parency of a landscape with three distances . The first and most remote was the moon and the sky , and a stream of water from which the moon was reflected , the two ...
... views of the same scene , as seen by each eye , but he drew the trans- parency of a landscape with three distances . The first and most remote was the moon and the sky , and a stream of water from which the moon was reflected , the two ...
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... views of Galen are given and explained . In citing the passage which we have already quoted from Leonardo da Vinci , and inserting the figure which illustrates it , he maintains that Leonardo da Vinci was not aware " that the object ( c ...
... views of Galen are given and explained . In citing the passage which we have already quoted from Leonardo da Vinci , and inserting the figure which illustrates it , he maintains that Leonardo da Vinci was not aware " that the object ( c ...
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The Stereoscope: Its History, Theory and Construction Sir David Brewster, Sir No preview available - 2015 |
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achromatic Aguilonius angle apparent magnitude appear artist beautiful binocular camera binocular centre binocular pictures binocular slides binocular vision Castle chapter colour combined concave concave lens converging the optic convex Daguerreotype diagram different distances dissimilar pictures distinct vision drawing effect exhibit experiment Façade Fcap figures focal length Fribourg Front view frustum Genoa glass History hollow cone illusion instrument inverted LADY landscape left eye lens lenses lenticular stereoscope light look LORD Meiringen monocular nearer object observer obtained optic axes Padua Palace Panorama paper Perspective photograph plane pictures Plates point of sight Pompeii Portrait Post 8vo prism produced pyramid raised cone rays reflecting stereoscope reflexion refracted relief representations retina right eye Rome Rosenlaui Rouen sculpture Second Edition seen shew shewn in Fig side single sitter solid statue stereo stereoscopic vision summit suppose surface taken tance telescope Third Edition united image Venice Vols Wheatstone Woodcuts
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