Record

RefNoPP/8/20
Previous numbersPP/40/24
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'On a new form of stereoscope' by A Stroh
CreatorStroh; A (fl 1886-1887)
Date1886
DescriptionStroh writes: 'Although the late Sir Charles Wheatstone’s beautiful invention, the stereoscope, gives the appearance of full relief or perfect solidity to photographs of objects seen by its aid, the photographs for the same must naturally be of limited dimensions; and though viewed through magnifying lenses, the images of the objects are presented to the eye on a scale far below the size of their originals. It has therefore occurred to me, that if the magnified image of a photograph projected on a screen by the optical lantern could be made stereoscopic, a still greater resemblance to the original might be obtained.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Scientific apparatus and equipment / Physics

Received 22 March 1886. Read 1 April 1886. Communicated by Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt].

A version of this paper was published in volume 40 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On a new form of stereoscope'.
Extent5p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1886.0042
RelatedRecordPP/9/7
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7559Wheatstone; Sir; Charles (1802 - 1875); physicist1802 - 1875
NA6090Strutt; John William (1842 - 1919); 3rd Baron Rayleigh1842 - 1919
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