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Re: TWO MISNOMERS

>TWO MISNOMERS >commonly encountered in stereography

>STEREOPTICON.  This is not the name for a stereoscope...
>BEAM-SPLITTER.  The real beam-slitter is a semi-silvered mirror...

I agree that these terms were first applied for something else than the
objects they are known for today, but is this a problem?  If the name
"Stereopticon" was used for something that is not even stereo, why not use
the term for something more appropriate?  The "beamsplitter" in my mind 
does spit the beam into a pair... hence I find the name appropriate.

How about "anaglyph" (something that shows relief, could be used for
anything stereo, why applied to red/blue only?) or "stereogram" (pair of
3-d line drawings? how did that end up being used exclusively for "Magic
Eye" type images?  is there a more appropriate word for these?)


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