Excerpt from The Stereoscope: Its History, Theory, and Construction, With Its Application to the Fine and Useful Arts and to Education If we close one eye while looking at photographic pictures in the stereoscope, the perception of relief is still considerable, and approximates to the binocular represem tation but when the pictures are mere diagrams consisting of white lines upon a black ground, or black lines upon a white ground, the relief is instantly lost by the shutting of the eye, and it is only with such binocular ...
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Excerpt from The Stereoscope: Its History, Theory, and Construction, With Its Application to the Fine and Useful Arts and to Education If we close one eye while looking at photographic pictures in the stereoscope, the perception of relief is still considerable, and approximates to the binocular represem tation but when the pictures are mere diagrams consisting of white lines upon a black ground, or black lines upon a white ground, the relief is instantly lost by the shutting of the eye, and it is only with such binocular pictures that we see the true power of the stereoscope. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Fine in near fine jacket. Introduction by Rudolf Ringslake. Illustrated in black and white. 235 pages, small 8vo, gilt stamped brown cloth, dust wrapper. London: Morgan & Morgan, 1971. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Facsimilie of the 1856 edition, published by John Murray.
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