Trace your real life with the Camera Lucida @ChrisStaecker
Trace your real life with the Camera Lucida  @ChrisStaecker
Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The Clair-Vue Camera Lucida, an antique scientific and artistic drawing gadget. This is episode 95 of my video series about old scientific and calculating instruments.

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Microscope camera lucida drawings taken from microscope-antiques.com/camluc.html
I'm not sure what their original sources is.

Eye icon created by Uniconlabs - Flaticon

Camera Obscura in Thai temple by Wikimedia User Pitchayawat, CC-BY-SA-4.0
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%97%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%87.jpg

End song inspired by "Hotter than a Molotov" by The Coup. youtu.be/X8AW7PmsxAY

Chris Staecker webarea: https://faculty.fairfield.edu/cstaecker
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Trace your real life with the Camera Lucida

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