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... original communication for the Polytechnic Society , which had been recently established in Liverpool . He was thus induced to construct the instrument which he had projected , and he exhibited it to his friends , Mr. Richard Adie ...
... original communication for the Polytechnic Society , which had been recently established in Liverpool . He was thus induced to construct the instrument which he had projected , and he exhibited it to his friends , Mr. Richard Adie ...
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... original English ( Scotch ) instruments , and while he is shewing their wonderful effects to natural philosophers and amateurs who have flocked to him in crowds , there is a spontaneous and unanimous cry of admiration . " 1 December 28 ...
... original English ( Scotch ) instruments , and while he is shewing their wonderful effects to natural philosophers and amateurs who have flocked to him in crowds , there is a spontaneous and unanimous cry of admiration . " 1 December 28 ...
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... original , whether it be a living man , a statue , or a landscape , the optical axes are converged in rapid succession upon the nose , the eyes , and the ears , or upon objects in the fore- ground , the middle and the remote distances ...
... original , whether it be a living man , a statue , or a landscape , the optical axes are converged in rapid succession upon the nose , the eyes , and the ears , or upon objects in the fore- ground , the middle and the remote distances ...
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... original object is seen in relief . The simplest of these methods is to converge the optical axes to a point nearer to us than the pictures , and this may be best done by holding up a finger between the eyes and the pictures , and ...
... original object is seen in relief . The simplest of these methods is to converge the optical axes to a point nearer to us than the pictures , and this may be best done by holding up a finger between the eyes and the pictures , and ...
Page 56
... , an FIG . 8 . accurate though reduced drawing of the binocular pictures executed and used by Mr. Elliot . I have also united the A two original pictures by the convergency of the optic axes. 56 CHAP . IV . THE OCULAR STEREOSCOPE .
... , an FIG . 8 . accurate though reduced drawing of the binocular pictures executed and used by Mr. Elliot . I have also united the A two original pictures by the convergency of the optic axes. 56 CHAP . IV . THE OCULAR STEREOSCOPE .
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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 converging the optic convex Daguerreotype 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 Milan monocular nearer object observer obtained optic axes Padua Palace Panorama paper Paris 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 tion united image Venice Vols Wheatstone Woodcuts
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