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The principle of the Wollaston camera lucidaLight from the viewed object is reflected twice as it passes through a prism, so the object is perceived by the eye as in nature, right side up. At the same time, the eye receives light directly from the drawing paper. Both objects are merged in the perception of the viewer, who sees an image of the viewed object superimposed on the drawing paper. Bridge across Lake Cayuga, New York; etching by Basil Hall, using a camera lucida, 1829.

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Add new Web site: Max Planck Institute for the History of Science - Camera Obscura VS. Camera Lucida - Distinguishing Early Nineteenth Century Modes of Seeing. Aug 31, 2024
Text added to clarify the year of Wollaston's patenting the camera lucida. Jul 03, 2012
Media added. Jul 03, 2012
Add new Web site: Department of Physics at Kenyon College - Camera Lucida. Nov 08, 2011
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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