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Jun 21, 2024 · Happy International Stereoscopy Day. Wishing everyone a very happy 1st International Stereoscopy Day! On this very day 184 years ago, in 1838, Charles Wheatstone presented his invention the stereoscope, and demonstrated his theory of binocular vision to the Royal Society.
Jun 14, 2024 · First described in 1832 by English physicist Sir Charles Wheatstone, stereoscopy was improved by Sir David Brewster in 1849. The production of the stereograph entailed making two images of the same subject, usually with a camera with two lenses placed 2.5 inches (6 cm) apart to simulate the position of the human eyes, and then ...
Jun 22, 2024 · Sir William Fothergill Cooke was an English inventor who worked with Charles Wheatstone in developing electric telegraphy. Cooke’s attendance at a demonstration of the use of wire in transmitting messages led to his experimentation in 1836 with telegraphy.
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Jun 11, 2024 · The Magic Eye 3D illusions were based on principles that stretched as far back as 1828, when English physicist Sir Charles Wheatstone invented a device called the stereoscope that could merge two...
2 days ago · After William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone had introduced their working telegraph in 1839, the idea of a submarine line across the Atlantic Ocean began to be thought of as a possible triumph of the future.
Jun 23, 2024 · The Arenberg auction house, Brussels, Belgium, are holding the 1st auction of the Wim Van Keulen collection, which holds some incredible stereoscopic images. If you're into collecting Victorian stereoviews, or just want to see some beautiful and unusual examples, I really recommend you check it out. Rebecca.
Jun 29, 2024 · “No question relating to vision has been so much debated as the cause of the single appearance of objects seen by both eyes” (Charles Wheatstone, 1838 ) The question has been discussed at least since Aristotle (384–322 BC) and subject to empirical investigation since Ptolemy (ca. 100–170).
