Graphoscope on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
A graphoscope was a 19th-century device used in Early Photography
/ref> These novelty items consisted of a single magnifying glass, often in a wooden frame, in an overall construction that could collapse into a compact rectangular form. A photo/card holder was usually also included. A KOMBI camera often had included its design a graphoscope for better film viewing. Many devices combined a Stereoscope and Graphoscope.
A graphoscope was a 19th-century device used in parlor
A parlour (or parlor) is a reception room or public space. In medieval Christian Europe, the "outer parlour" was the room where the monks or nuns conducted business with those outside the monastery and the "inner parlour" was used for necess ...
s in order to enhance the viewing of photographs
A photograph (also known as a photo, image, or picture) is an image created by light falling on a photosensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic image sensor, such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are now created ...
and text. The graphoscope is supposed to be based on a 1864 patent of Charles John Rowsell./ref> These novelty items consisted of a single magnifying glass, often in a wooden frame, in an overall construction that could collapse into a compact rectangular form. A photo/card holder was usually also included. A KOMBI camera often had included its design a graphoscope for better film viewing. Many devices combined a Stereoscope and Graphoscope.
See also
* ZograscopeSources
*https://web.archive.org/web/20120204093105/http://www.eyeantiques.com/ViewingInstruments/Graphoscope.htm *http://www.bdcmuseum.org.uk/explore/item/69068/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20160305080514/http://www.georgeglazer.com/archives/decarts/instruments/stereoscope.html *https://web.archive.org/web/20091026224453/http://geocities.com/mbarel.geo/kombi.html *https://web.archive.org/web/20171231195539/http://courses.ncssm.edu/gallery/collections/toys/html/exhibit12.htmReferences
{{Reflist Magnifiers