A graphoscope was a 19th-century device used in

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s in order to enhance the viewing of

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and text. The graphoscope is supposed to be based on a 1864 patent of Charles John Rowsell.Early Photography
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, 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 in its design a graphoscope for better film viewing. Many devices combined a Stereoscope and Graphoscope.

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*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
Graphoscope. History and how it works.

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