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" ... the concave taken out at the other end, which extendeth to about the middle of this erected tent, through which the visible radiations of all the objects without are intromitted, falling upon a paper, which is accommodated to receive them ; and so... "
Glasgow Mechanics' Magazine, and Annals of Philosophy - Page 256
1825
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Frederick the Great

Thomas Carlyle - 1897 - 782 pages
...1620. falling upon a Paper, which is accommodated to receive them ; and so he traceth them with his pen in their natural appearance ; turning his little Tent...till he hath designed the whole Aspect of the Field." 1 — In fact he hath a Camera Obscura, and is exhibiting the same for the delectation of Imperial...
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The Antiquary, Volume 35

Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson - 1899 - 424 pages
...intromitted, falling upon a paper which is accommodated to receive them ; and so he traceth them with his pen in their natural appearance, turning his little Tent...made of it for Chorography ; for otherwise to make Landskips by it were illiberal, though surely no painter can do them so precisely." We have here a...
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History of Friedrich the second, called Frederick the Great

Thomas Carlyle - 1901 - 494 pages
...present. falling upon a Paper, which is accommodated to receive them ; and so he traceth them with his pen in their natural appearance ; turning his little Tent...till he hath designed the whole Aspect of the Field." * — In fact he hath a Camera Obscura, and is exhibiting the same for the delectation of Imperial...
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History of Friedrich the Second: Called Frederick the Great, Volume 1

Thomas Carlyle - 1901 - 496 pages
...which is accommodated to receive them; and so he traceth them with his pen in their natural appearauce; turning his little Tent round by degrees, till he hath designed the whole Aspect of the Field." l — In fact he hath a Camera Obscura, and is exhibiting the same for the delectation of Imperial...
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The Antiquary, Volume 40

Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson - 1904 - 404 pages
...intromitted, falling upon a paper accommodated to receive them. And so he traced them with his pen in their natural appearance, turning his little tent round by degrees, till he had designed the whole aspect of the field, an ingenious application to Chorography of a well-known...
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The Life and Letters of Sir Henry Wotton, Volume 2

Logan Pearsall Smith - 1907 - 594 pages
...intromitted, falling upon a paper, which is accommodated to receive them ; and so he traceth them with his pen in their natural appearance, turning his little tent...otherwise, to make landscapes by it were illiberal, though surely no painter can do them so precisely. Now from these artificial and natural curiosities, let...
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The Observatory, Volume 30

1907 - 494 pages
...much promise ; one about Kepler's camera obscura, in a letter to Bacon dated 1620, ending thus : — This I have described to your Lordship because I think...otherwise, to make landscapes by it were illiberal, though surely no painter can do them so precisely. But no apology is needed for quoting the following in full....
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The Microscope

Simon Henry Gage - 1917 - 492 pages
...them; and so he traceth them with his pen in their natural appearance, turning his little tent around by degrees till he hath designed the whole aspect...made of it for chorography; for otherwise to make landskips by it were illiberal, though surely no painter could do them so precisely." § 706c. Henry...
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The Microscope: An Introduction to Microscopic Methods and to Histology

Simon Henry Gage - 1920 - 504 pages
...them; and so he traceth them with his pen in their natural appearance, turning his little tent around by degrees till he hath designed the whole aspect...made of it for chorography; for otherwise to make landskips by it were illiberal, though surely no painter could do them so precisely." §705c. Henry...
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Early Science in Oxford ...

Robert Theodore Gunther - 1920 - 530 pages
...intromitted, falling upon a paper, which is accommodated to receive them ; and so he traceth them with his pen in their natural appearance, turning his little tent...hath designed the whole aspect of the field. This 1 have described to your Lordship, because I think there might be good use made of it for chorography...
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