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The Stereoscope

The Stereoscope

by David Brewster

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Author
Brewster, David, 1781-1868
Title
The stereoscope : its history, theory, and construction, with its application to the fine and useful arts and to education
Original Publication
London: John Murray, 1856.
Credits
deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
QC: Science: Physics
Subject
Stereoscope
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 71483
Release Date
August 24, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE STEREOSCOPE ITS HISTORY, THEORY, AND CONSTRUCTION
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.INTRODUCTION.
  5. 5.CHAPTER I. HISTORY OF THE STEREOSCOPE.
  6. 6.CHAPTER II. ON MONOCULAR VISION, OR VISION WITH ONE EYE.
  7. 7.CHAPTER III. ON BINOCULAR VISION, OR VISION WITH TWO EYES.
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV. DESCRIPTION OF THE OCULAR, THE REFLECTING, AND THE LENTICULAR STEREOSCOPES. — The Ocular Stereoscope. — Description of the Ocular Stereoscope. — Description of the Reflecting Stereoscope. — Description of the Lenticular Stereoscope.
  9. 9.CHAPTER V. ON THE THEORY OF STEREOSCOPIC VISION.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI. ON THE UNION OF SIMILAR PICTURES IN BINOCULAR VISION.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII. DESCRIPTION OF DIFFERENT STEREOSCOPES. — 1. The Tubular Reflecting Stereoscope. — 2. The Single Reflecting Stereoscope. — 3. The Double Reflecting Stereoscope. — 4. The Total-Reflexion Stereoscope. — 5. The Single-Prism Stereoscope. — 6. The Opera-Glass Stereoscope. — 7. The Eye-Glass Stereoscope. — 8. The Reading-Glass Stereoscope. — 9. The Camera Stereoscope. — 10. The Chromatic Stereoscope. — 11. The Microscope Stereoscope.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. METHOD OF TAKING PICTURES FOR THE STEREOSCOPE. — Geometrical Solids. — Portraits of Living Persons or Animals. — On the Proper Position of the Sitter. — The Binocular Camera. — The Single Lens Binocular Camera. — The Binocular Camera made the Stereoscope.
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX. ON THE ADAPTATION OF THE PICTURES TO THE STEREOSCOPE. —THEIR SIZE, POSITION, AND ILLUMINATION.
  14. 14.CHAPTER X. APPLICATION OF THE STEREOSCOPE TO PAINTING.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XI. APPLICATION OF THE STEREOSCOPE TO SCULPTURE,ARCHITECTURE, AND ENGINEERING.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XII. APPLICATION OF THE STEREOSCOPE TO NATURAL HISTORY.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. APPLICATION OF THE STEREOSCOPE TO EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. APPLICATION OF THE STEREOSCOPE TO PURPOSES OF AMUSEMENT.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XV. ON THE PRODUCTION OF STEREOSCOPIC PICTURES FROM A SINGLE PICTURE.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. ON CERTAIN FALLACIES OF SIGHT IN THE VISION OF SOLID BODIES.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. ON CERTAIN DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED IN THE USE OF THE STEREOSCOPE.
  22. 22.Untitled

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