A History of Pre-cinema, Volume 1Stephen Herbert Taylor & Francis, 2000 - 329 pages This set reprints together for the first time rare and essential material on the history of pre-cinema.Volume 1: Olive Cook, Movement in Two Dimensions [1963]. Volume 2 features the first facsimile reprinting of the often-overlooked "British Journal of" "Photography," Volume 3 is comprised of a selection of articles originally published between 1827-1861. |
Contents
Explanation of an optical deception in the appearance of the spokes of | 10 |
Camera obscura | 11 |
Moving photographs | 27 |
33 | 96 |
Magic Mirrors anamorphics Magazine of Science 13 April 1839 | 227 |
An Improved Kaleidoscope Hobbies April October 1896 | 239 |
Description of the Thaumatrope David Brewster Edinburgh | 245 |
Singular Optical Illusion T W Naylor Mechanics Magazine 14 May 1842 | 267 |
A new fact relating to Binocular Vision A Claudet Proceedings of | 303 |
Optical Toy Sport Dr Scoffern Boys Own Paper 17 December 1881 | 323 |
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