The stereoscope
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Chapters (233)
- THE STEREOSCOPE ITS HISTORY, THEORY, AND CONSTRUCTION
- INTRODUCTION.
- CHAPTER I. HISTORY OF THE STEREOSCOPE.
- CHAPTER II. ON MONOCULAR VISION, OR VISION WITH ONE EYE.
- CHAPTER III. ON BINOCULAR VISION, OR VISION WITH TWO EYES.
- 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.
- CHAPTER V. ON THE THEORY OF STEREOSCOPIC VISION.
- CHAPTER VI. ON THE UNION OF SIMILAR PICTURES IN BINOCULAR VISION.
- 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.
- 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.
- CHAPTER IX. ON THE ADAPTATION OF THE PICTURES TO THE STEREOSCOPE. —THEIR SIZE, POSITION, AND ILLUMINATION.
- CHAPTER X. APPLICATION OF THE STEREOSCOPE TO PAINTING.
- CHAPTER XI. APPLICATION OF THE STEREOSCOPE TO SCULPTURE,ARCHITECTURE, AND ENGINEERING.
- CHAPTER XII. APPLICATION OF THE STEREOSCOPE TO NATURAL HISTORY.
- CHAPTER XIII. APPLICATION OF THE STEREOSCOPE TO EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.
- CHAPTER XIV. APPLICATION OF THE STEREOSCOPE TO PURPOSES OF AMUSEMENT.
- CHAPTER XV. ON THE PRODUCTION OF STEREOSCOPIC PICTURES FROM A SINGLE PICTURE.
- CHAPTER XVI. ON CERTAIN FALLACIES OF SIGHT IN THE VISION OF SOLID BODIES.
- CHAPTER XVII. ON CERTAIN DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED IN THE USE OF THE STEREOSCOPE.
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