The Camera Obscura

• Aristotle described the principle of the Camera (Latin for room) Obscura (Latin for dark).

• Smaller holes produced sharper images.

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The technology for ìcasting and imageî with an optical device is also not new, Aristotle knew of and described the principle of the Camera (Latin for room) Obscura (Latin for Dark). Aristotle described the crescent shape of the partially eclipsed sun proj