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... , or suspended in the air , the most perfect stereoscopic crea- tions , by placing a Stereoscope behind the two dissimilar pictures formed by the camera . CHAPTER I. HISTORY OF THE STEREOSCOPE . WHEN We look 4 INTRODUCTION .
... , or suspended in the air , the most perfect stereoscopic crea- tions , by placing a Stereoscope behind the two dissimilar pictures formed by the camera . CHAPTER I. HISTORY OF THE STEREOSCOPE . WHEN We look 4 INTRODUCTION .
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Its History, Theory, and Construction David Brewster. CHAPTER I. HISTORY OF THE STEREOSCOPE . WHEN We look with both eyes open at a sphere , or any other solid object , we see it by uniting into one two pictures , one as seen by the ...
Its History, Theory, and Construction David Brewster. CHAPTER I. HISTORY OF THE STEREOSCOPE . WHEN We look with both eyes open at a sphere , or any other solid object , we see it by uniting into one two pictures , one as seen by the ...
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... chapter of the tenth book of his work , On the use of the different parts of the Human Body , he has described with great minuteness the various phenomena which are seen when we look at bodies with both eyes , and alternately with the ...
... chapter of the tenth book of his work , On the use of the different parts of the Human Body , he has described with great minuteness the various phenomena which are seen when we look at bodies with both eyes , and alternately with the ...
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... , the youth of our being , which , in the worlds of the future , is to be the commence- ment of a longer and a happier existence . CHAPTER II . ON MONOCULAR VISION , OR VISION WITH CHAP . I. 37 LENTICULAR STEREOSCOPE .
... , the youth of our being , which , in the worlds of the future , is to be the commence- ment of a longer and a happier existence . CHAPTER II . ON MONOCULAR VISION , OR VISION WITH CHAP . I. 37 LENTICULAR STEREOSCOPE .
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Its History, Theory, and Construction David Brewster. CHAPTER II . ON MONOCULAR VISION , OR VISION WITH ONE EYE . In order to understand the theory and construction of the stereoscope we must be acquainted with the general structure of ...
Its History, Theory, and Construction David Brewster. CHAPTER II . ON MONOCULAR VISION , OR VISION WITH ONE EYE . In order to understand the theory and construction of the stereoscope we must be acquainted with the general structure of ...
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The Stereoscope: Its History, Theory and Construction Sir David Brewster, Sir No preview available - 2015 |
The Stereoscope: Its History, Theory, and Construction, with Its Application David Brewster No preview available - 2019 |
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