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Page 4
... glass , 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 .
... glass , 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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... glass with the left eye , on the left side of the face , while with the right eye they see only the right - hand spectacle - glass on the right side of the face , both glasses of the spectacles being seen united midway between the eyes ...
... glass with the left eye , on the left side of the face , while with the right eye they see only the right - hand spectacle - glass on the right side of the face , both glasses of the spectacles being seen united midway between the eyes ...
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... glass sufficiently free from striæ could not readily be obtained , and was consequently very high- priced . I remain , & c . & c . " To Sir David Brewster . " " ANDREW Ross . Upon the receipt of this letter I transmitted a copy of it to ...
... glass sufficiently free from striæ could not readily be obtained , and was consequently very high- priced . I remain , & c . & c . " To Sir David Brewster . " " ANDREW Ross . Upon the receipt of this letter I transmitted a copy of it to ...
Page 38
... glass to receive the image . In order to understand this let H be a very small pin- hole in a shutter or camera , MN , and let RYB be any object of different colours , the upper part , R , being red , the middle , Y , yellow , and the ...
... glass to receive the image . In order to understand this let H be a very small pin- hole in a shutter or camera , MN , and let RYB be any object of different colours , the upper part , R , being red , the middle , Y , yellow , and the ...
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... resembles a small watch - glass , is perfectly transparent , and is called the cornea . Behind it is the iris , cabe , or c in the front view , which is a circular disc , with a hole , ab , 40 CHAP . II . MONOCULAR VISION .
... resembles a small watch - glass , is perfectly transparent , and is called the cornea . Behind it is the iris , cabe , or c in the front view , which is a circular disc , with a hole , ab , 40 CHAP . II . MONOCULAR VISION .
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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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