Hmmm… how to they make those images? It seems like they just take the same photo and print it twice, side by side. No, not really. Stereographic images only seem like they are the same image. The dual image is made by a camero with two lenses beside each other. Creating images approximately 2 1/2 [...]

The need to find adventure as at the heart of many a Victorian. Alas, they were not always able to physically visit the exotic locations they dreamed of exploring. They had one delightfully simple and safe method of discovery. Stereoscopes. The first viewer was created in the 1830s by Sir Charles Wheatstone, a British inventor. [...]