A History of Pre-cinema, Volume 3Stephen Herbert Psychology Press, 2000 - 1056 pages This set collects together for the first time rare and scattered material on the history of pre-cinema. It includes articles on stereoscopic photography; the use of kaleidoscopes; optical illusions; theatre design; magic lanterns and mirrors; shadow theatre, and much more. The articles are taken from sources such as The Magazine of Science, The Art Journal, The British Journal of Photography, Scientific American, American Journal of Science and Arts, and The Mirror. |
Contents
Photography | 28 |
PhotoThaumatropy Walter Woodbury British Journal | 33 |
Moving photographs | 49 |
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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action angle Animal Locomotion aperture apparatus appear arranged artist axis binocular binocular vision body Brewster Camera Obscura centre chronophotography cinema circle cogs colours curved cylinder David Brewster described diameter Diorama direction disc disk distance Eadweard Muybridge effect exhibited experiments exposure feet figures film fore foot forward galloping horse glass hind foot hind legs illusion illustrations impression inches instantaneous instrument intervals invention kaleidoscope Kinetoscope left fore leg left hind lens lenses light limbs London Magazine of Science magic lantern mirror motion movement moving Muybridge object optical Optical Illusion Panorama paper passing Pepper's Ghost Phenakistiscope photographs placed plate position Praxinoscope pre-cinema principle produced Professor projected radii represented retina revolution revolving right fore right hind rotation round Royal seen side slits spectrum spokes stationary stereoscope stride Stroboscope successive surface Thaumatrope tion tube velocity vertical vision wheel Zoetrope ZOOPRAXISCOPE