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Tables of Contents for Devices of Wonder
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
vii
Revealing Technologies / Magical Domains
1
142
Barbara Maria Stafford
The Demon of Analogy
1
5
Cabinet-Instrument
6
14
Crystalline Machines
20
10
Domestic Reflections
30
5
Cog-in-a-Box
35
12
Techniques of Epiphany
47
19
Shadow Cave
66
13
Phantomware
79
11
Bright Oramas
90
12
Home Appliances
102
7
Cosmos in a Palm
109
34
Objects and Contexts
143
222
Frances Terpak
The Eye, Natural and Artificial
143
5
Wunderkammern and Wunderkabinette
148
10
Display Cabinet with Assemblage
158
7
Selling Natural History
165
7
Lodestones and Magnets
172
8
Hoefnagel
180
4
Faceted Lenses
184
7
Experiments in the Home
191
6
Imaging the Moon
197
8
Microscopes
205
10
Solar Microscope
215
5
Zoosemiotics
220
2
Changing Images
222
13
Anamorphosis
235
13
Anthropomorphic Landscapes
248
4
Blow Book
252
4
Mirrors
256
10
Automata (Batteries Not Included)
266
8
The Pantograph and the Writing Automaton
274
7
The Boxes of Joseph Cornell
281
9
The Shadows of Kara Walker
290
7
Magic Lantern
297
10
Theatre de l'univers
307
8
Panoramas
315
10
Diorama
325
5
Carmontelle
330
6
Perspective Theaters
336
8
Vues d'optique
344
10
Images in Motion
354
3
Stereo
357
5
Light and Virtual Substance
362
3
List of Objects in the Exhibition
365
29
Isotta Poggi
Illustration Credits
394
3
Index
397