stereopticon
Americannoun
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Origin of stereopticon
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A stereopticon slide in the exhibit shows people wearing rags and, with a few exceptions, barefoot.
From Washington Times • Apr. 18, 2015
Mr. Boyle’s touch is evident in the cleverly orchestrated Mount Rushmore sequence in “North by Northwest,” in which large-format still photographs were rear-projected using stereopticon slides.
From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2010
This talk was to be illustrated with stereopticon slides.
From Time Magazine Archive
But true success for photographers awaited the invention of the stereopticon camera in the 19th century, which took two pictures of the same subject through lenses that were separated like a pair of human eyes.
From Time Magazine Archive
The stereopticon card has two pictures of the same object, but each picture is taken from a slighdy different angle.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
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