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Re: Across the Sea Of Time 3D, VM

  • From: John Roberts <roberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: Across the Sea Of Time 3D, VM
  • Date: Fri, 10 Nov 95 13:07:03 EST

>Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 10:00:53 -0600
>From: Evilrobot@xxxxxxx
>Subject: Across the Sea Of Time 3D, VM

>There was a small exhibit on early 3D photography, with several (are they
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>called stereopticons?) viewers and cards
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>-Eric

Yes and no. :-)

They *are* often called stereopticons, but really a stereopticon is an
obsolete commercial 2D magic lantern (slide projector) that holds two slides
and allows a "dissolve" from one slide to the other. 

The proper name for the card viewer is stereoscope, or "Holmes stereoscope",
after Oliver Wendell Holmes, the inventor.

John R


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