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Wheatstone’s appreciation of depth from disparity was based on a chance observation of the reflection of a candle flame in a polished metal plate.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Wheatstone (1838), pp. 372–373.

  2. 2.

    Wheatstone (1852), p. 2.

  3. 3.

    Wheatstone (1852), p. 3.

  4. 4.

    See Ono and Comerford (1977).

  5. 5.

    Rogers and Graham (1979), Rogers (2017).

  6. 6.

    Wheatstone (1838), p. 376.

  7. 7.

    See Brooks (2017).

  8. 8.

    Wheatstone (1852), p. 7.

  9. 9.

    Klooswijk (1991).

  10. 10.

    Volpicelli (1876), p. 502.

  11. 11.

    Collen (1854), p. 200.

  12. 12.

    Bergua and Skrandies (2000), p. 71.

  13. 13.

    See Blundell (2011), Howard and Rogers (2012), Wade (2021).

  14. 14.

    Julesz (1960).

  15. 15.

    Julesz (1971).

  16. 16.

    The stereoscopic photograph can be seen in Papathomas et al. (2019).

  17. 17.

    Blagden (1813).

  18. 18.

    Brewster (1844a, b).

  19. 19.

    See Howard and Rogers (2012), Tyler and Clark (1990).

  20. 20.

    Baccei and Smith (1993).

  21. 21.

    Wilding (2007). See also Wade (2007).

  22. 22.

    See Tsirlin et al. (2012).

  23. 23.

    von Szily (1895), Ehrenstein and Gillam (1998).

  24. 24.

    Panum (1858), p. 1.

  25. 25.

    Hering (1879).

  26. 26.

    Hering (1942), p. 38.

  27. 27.

    Wade (1980).

  28. 28.

    Goethe (1810), pp. 294–295/(1840), pp. 310–311.

  29. 29.

    Vos (2008).

  30. 30.

    Brewster (1849, 1852).

  31. 31.

    Brewster (1849), p. 48.

  32. 32.

    Donders (1868), Brücke (1868).

  33. 33.

    Einthoven (1885), p. 212.

  34. 34.

    Thompson et al. (1993).

  35. 35.

    Goethe (1840), p. 313.

  36. 36.

    Wheatstone (1844), Brewster (1844a, b).

  37. 37.

    Wade (1978).

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Wade, N. (2023). Stereoscopic Vision. In: Vision and Art with Two Eyes. Vision, Illusion and Perception, vol 3. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77995-5_5

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