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To: SunkenCiv
I wondered if the camera obscura existed then. Shows what I know. It did, if you believe Wiki. Here's a reference:

"The first mention of the principles behind the pinhole camera, a precursor to the camera obscura, belongs to Mozi (470 BC to 390 BC), a Chinese philosopher and the founder of Mohism.[1] ... The Greek philosopher Aristotle (384 to 322 BC) understood the optical principle of the pinhole camera. He viewed the crescent shape of a partially eclipsed sun projected on the ground through the holes in a sieve, and the gaps between leaves of a plane tree."

25 posted on 07/10/2009 6:32:01 PM PDT by Bernard Marx ("Civilizations die by suicide, not from murder" Toynbee)
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To: Bernard Marx
the founder of Mohism
I always liked Moe.
28 posted on 07/10/2009 6:43:21 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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