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Praxinoscope Classic Brown Base - MiniInvented in 1877 by Frenchman Emile Reynaud to overcome the deficiencies of the Zoetrope, this beautiful optical device entertains and delights. Complete with 20 animated strips, this is an example of one of the first motion picture instruments. Crafted with a weighted polymer base, this piece will adorn and educate, delight and entertain. If you have a graphic artist, a photographer, or movie buff in your life this piece is an ideal and unique gift.

Max Height:7

This projection was successfully applied in a new type of astrolabe that offered remarkable advantages over its predecessors because it could be used in any Northern latitude

But in 1838 Sir Charles Wheatstone addressed the Royal Society in London to present several pairs of line drawings with geometrical form which when viewed by an instrument very similar to this gave the impression of three dimensions

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The phenomena of binocular vision has been studied by the early scientists Euclides

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This piece is crafted of a polymer drum with a black metal base

there is a sundial of folding gnomon

This lovely item comes boxed complete with neck cord and booklet of instruction and historical context

This nighttime clock was constructed in 1569 in Florence by Girolanso della Volpaia

This beautiful necklace features a conch shell in high polish finish on an 18" silver chain

explaining its use and historical context

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