Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE STEREOSCOPE

ITS HISTORY, THEORY, AND CONSTRUCTION

WITH ITS APPLICATION TO THE FINE AND USEFUL ARTS
AND TO EDUCATION.

BY
SIR DAVID BREWSTER, K.H., D.C.L., F.R.S., M.R.I.A.,

VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH, ONE OF THE EIGHT
ASSOCIATES OF THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE OF FRANCE, OFFICER OF THE
LEGION OF HONOUR, CHEVALIER OF THE PRUSSIAN ORDER OF MERIT,
HONORARY OR CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ACADEMIES
OF PETERSBURGH, VIENNA, BERLIN, COPENHAGEN,
STOCKHOLM, BRUSSELS, GÖTTINGEN, MODENA,
AND OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF
WASHINGTON, ETC.

WITH FIFTY WOOD ENGRAVINGS.

LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.
1856.

[_The Right of Translation is reserved._]

EDINBURGH:
T. CONSTABLE, PRINTER TO HER MAJESTY.

CONTENTS

PAGE
INTRODUCTION, 1
CHAP. I.—HISTORY OF THE STEREOSCOPE, 5
II.—ON MONOCULAR VISION, OR VISION WITH ONE EYE, 38
III.—ON BINOCULAR VISION, OR VISION WITH TWO EYES, 47
IV.—DESCRIPTION OF THE OCULAR, REFLECTING,
AND LENTICULAR STEREOSCOPES, 53
V.—ON THE THEORY OF THE STEREOSCOPIC VISION, 76
VI.—ON THE UNION OF SIMILAR PICTURES IN
BINOCULAR VISION, 90
VII.—DESCRIPTION OF DIFFERENT STEREOSCOPES, 107
VIII.—METHOD OF TAKING PICTURES FOR THE STEREOSCOPE, 131
IX.—ON THE ADAPTATION OF THE PICTURES TO
THE STEREOSCOPE.—THEIR SIZE, POSITION,
AND ILLUMINATION, 159
X.—APPLICATION OF THE STEREOSCOPE TO PAINTING, 166
XI.—APPLICATION OF THE STEREOSCOPE TO SCULPTURE,
ARCHITECTURE, AND ENGINEERING, 183
XII.—APPLICATION OF THE STEREOSCOPE TO NATURAL HISTORY, 189
XIII.—APPLICATION OF THE STEREOSCOPE TO
EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, 193
XIV.—APPLICATION OF THE STEREOSCOPE TO PURPOSES
OF AMUSEMENT, 204
XV.—ON THE PRODUCTION OF STEREOSCOPIC
PICTURES FROM A SINGLE PICTURE, 211
XVI.—ON CERTAIN FALLACIES OF SIGHT IN THE
VISION OF SOLID BODIES, 216
XVII.—ON CERTAIN DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED IN
THE USE OF THE STEREOSCOPE, 231

ON THE STEREOSCOPE.