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A toy kaleidoscope. A kaleidoscope (/ k ə ˈ l aɪ d ə s k oʊ p /) is an optical instrument with two or more reflecting surfaces (or mirrors) tilted to each other at an angle, so that one or more (parts of) objects on one end of these mirrors are shown as a symmetrical pattern when viewed from the other end, due to repeated reflection.
The kaleidophone was invented by Charles Wheatstone, who published an account of the device in 1827. [1] The name "kaleidophone" was derived from the kaleidoscope, an optical toy invented in 1817 by David Brewster. [citation needed] Wheatstone's photometer was probably suggested by this appliance. The photometer enables two lights to be ...
Brewster was a pioneer in photography. He invented an improved stereoscope, [4] which he called "lenticular stereoscope" and which became the first portable 3D-viewing device. [5] He also invented the stereoscopic camera, [6] [7] two types of polarimeters, [8] the polyzonal lens, the lighthouse illuminator, [9] and the kaleidoscope.
The Kaleidoscope; or, Literary and Scientific Mirror was an English weekly published between 1818 and 1831 by the Liverpool publisher Egerton Smith (1774–1841), who had established the Liverpool Mercury in 1811. [1] The magazine's name was taken from David Brewster's recent invention. [1]
In 1817 Sir David Brewster invented the kaleidoscope and chose Carpenter as the manufacturer. This proved to be a massive success with two hundred thousand kaleidoscopes sold in London and Paris in just three months. Realising that the company could not meet this level of demand Brewster requested permission from Carpenter on 17 May 1818 for ...
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More complex mechanical and optical-based toys were also invented during the nineteenth century. Carpenter and Westley began to mass-produce the kaleidoscope, invented by Sir David Brewster in 1817, and had sold over 200,000 items within three months in London and Paris.
Netflix tricked our minds with their new, non-linear series, Kaleidoscope, leaving us hungry for more.The crime anthology centered around a group of master thieves attempting to break into a vault ...