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StereoscopeExperience the roots of Virtual Reality with this beautiful conversation piece. The phenomena of binocular vision has been studied by the early scientists Euclides, Kepler, and Leonardo Da Vinci. 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. Our lovely stereoscope

The astrolabe reached the peak of its popularity in the 16th century

Thickness: 2

This model is both a compass and a sundial

Boxed with instructions on use and booklet on historical context

The compass needle rides over a lovely compass rose and is framed in a ring divided into 360 degrees

Max Height: 9

various instruments from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were studied

Sterling Silver Conch Shell Pendant

Hand crafted of wood with green paint finish accented with a brass plaque on the lid and featuring a compass with cotton shadow line

Diameter: 4

which for centuries was a regular ornament and a symbol of distinction

Planispheric (Catholic or European) astrolabe