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... drawing , whether it be of a statue , a living figure , or a building , will appear to rise in its different parts from the canvas , though only to a limited extent . In these observations we refer chiefly to ordinary draw- ings held in ...
... drawing , whether it be of a statue , a living figure , or a building , will appear to rise in its different parts from the canvas , though only to a limited extent . In these observations we refer chiefly to ordinary draw- ings held in ...
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... drawings in plano , avail no- thing in the evolution of their relievo , or third dimen- sion . They add , doubtless , to the beauty of the binocular pictures ; but the stereoscopic creation is due solely to the superposition of the two ...
... drawings in plano , avail no- thing in the evolution of their relievo , or third dimen- sion . They add , doubtless , to the beauty of the binocular pictures ; but the stereoscopic creation is due solely to the superposition of the two ...
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... drawing of the mode in which the sphere is seen by each eye , and by both . D E B F H ΙΧΑ FIG . 3 . G C In this diagram E is the right eye and D the left , CHFI the section of that part of the sphere BC which is seen by the right eye E ...
... drawing of the mode in which the sphere is seen by each eye , and by both . D E B F H ΙΧΑ FIG . 3 . G C In this diagram E is the right eye and D the left , CHFI the section of that part of the sphere BC which is seen by the right eye E ...
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... drawings of an object as seen by each eye in binocular vision , 2 the one exhibiting the object as seen endwise by the right eye , and the other the same object as seen laterally by the left eye , we may appeal to the experience of ...
... drawings of an object as seen by each eye in binocular vision , 2 the one exhibiting the object as seen endwise by the right eye , and the other the same object as seen laterally by the left eye , we may appeal to the experience of ...
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... drawing of the same object taken from another point of sight , or as seen by the other eye placed in a point 2 ... drawings as " two different projections of the same object seen from two points of sight , the distance between which is ...
... drawing of the same object taken from another point of sight , or as seen by the other eye placed in a point 2 ... drawings as " two different projections of the same object seen from two points of sight , the distance between which is ...
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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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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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