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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

stereoscope , optical instrument that presents to a viewer two slightly differing pictures, one to each eye, to give the effect of depth. In normal vision the two eyes, being a certain distance apart, see slightly different aspects of a scene. The impression of depth is obtained when the brain combines the images. A single photograph shows no more than what one eye would see. In a stereoscope two photographs, taken from positions related approximately as the positions of a person's two eyes, are placed side by side. When a person observes these photographs, his brain combines the separate... Read more

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A Dictionary of Earth Sciences stereoscope An optical device which allows a pair of overlapping, two-dimensional photographs to be examined with three-dimensional ( stereoptic ) vision, thus permitting more detailed interpretation. Read more

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A Dictionary of Psychology stereoscope n. An optical device for displaying a stereogram so that its two slightly different images of the same object or scene are presented one to each eye, enabling three-dimensional perception to be experienced through stereopsis .[From Greek stereos solid + skopeein to view] Read more

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	BOOK RECAPTURES "RARE RECORD' OF VICTORIAN-ERA SYRACUSE; BOOK REVISITS "SYRACUSE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS'.(Stars) Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 10/20/2002; 516 words ; ...name it. So when he discovered an old stereoscope in his grandparents' attic, it was only...today's View-Master children's toy, a stereoscope or stereoview allows a person to look...can be viewed simultaneously through a stereoscope. The viewer features a series of prismatic... Read more
	LED Ring Light creates shadow-free illumination.(New Products) Magazine article from: Laboratory Equipment; 4/1/2004; 87 words ; ...Ring Light is the latest addition to the proprietary line of stereoscope illuminators. Long thumb screws and mounting rings ranging...to 59 mm make this light mountable on nearly any model of stereoscope. The LED Ring Light combines the near intensity of fiber... Read more
	Museum provides a peek at early 3-D; Stereoscopic: Collection includes thousands of stereoviews, lantern slides and documents Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 10/15/2002; ; 557 words ; ...Sunday and showed its collection of stereoscopes - hand-held viewers that gave people...once the largest and last maker of stereoscopes in the world before it folded in 1978, well after the stereoscope's heyday. The museum's collection... Read more
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	Seeing the world in a stereo dimension Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 12/6/2006; 619 words ; ...equipment he called a Reflecting Mirror Stereoscope. His actual instrument can be seen in...Brewster, a Scot, presented his Lenticular Stereoscope to Queen Victoria at the showground...months of the royal gift, the craze for stereoscopes reached mammoth proportions and 250... Read more
	A brief history of 3-D images Newspaper article from: The Malay Mail; 12/2/2002; 181 words ; * 1890s: Many an American parlor boasts a stereoscope, a hand- held device with two eyepieces that viewed two photographs taken at slightly different angles. The result: 3-D looks at... Read more
	Old images add a new dimension to resort Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 7/14/2007; 568 words ; ...the mists of time. For Mr Lakeman's stereoscope collection, dating back to the mid...anyone could come to South Devon." Stereoscopes create a 3D image by presenting two...postcards. But he bought the collection of stereoscopes in one lot, and now intends to research... Read more

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