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... representing , in apparent relief and solidity , all natural objects and all groups or combinations of objects , by ... represents living objects , or groups of them , and delineates buildings or landscapes , or when he A copies from ...
... representing , in apparent relief and solidity , all natural objects and all groups or combinations of objects , by ... represents living objects , or groups of them , and delineates buildings or landscapes , or when he A copies from ...
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... represents . The two eyes scan its surface , and by their distance - giving power indicate to the observer that every ... represented , a very considerable degree of relief and solidity is thus obtained ; and when we have practised for a ...
... represents . The two eyes scan its surface , and by their distance - giving power indicate to the observer that every ... represented , a very considerable degree of relief and solidity is thus obtained ; and when we have practised for a ...
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... represented by HE ; the right - hand picture , or the one seen by the right eye , by HF ; the left - hand picture , or the one seen by the left eye , by GE ; and the picture of the solid column in full relief by DC , as produced midway ...
... represented by HE ; the right - hand picture , or the one seen by the right eye , by HF ; the left - hand picture , or the one seen by the left eye , by GE ; and the picture of the solid column in full relief by DC , as produced midway ...
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... represented , ( Fig . 4 , ) shortened in its length from 8 inches to 5 , and lenses 5 inches focal distance , placed before and close to the prisms . " 2 Although this refracting apparatus , which is simply a deterioration of the ...
... represented , ( Fig . 4 , ) shortened in its length from 8 inches to 5 , and lenses 5 inches focal distance , placed before and close to the prisms . " 2 Although this refracting apparatus , which is simply a deterioration of the ...
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... represented . Flowers , crystals , busts , vases , instruments of various kinds , & c . , might thus be represented , so as not to be distinguished by sight from the real objects themselves . " This expectation has never been realized ...
... represented . Flowers , crystals , busts , vases , instruments of various kinds , & c . , might thus be represented , so as not to be distinguished by sight from the real objects themselves . " This expectation has never been realized ...
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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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