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Turban Camera Obscura Exhibit

1001 Inventions

1001 Inventions
London, United Kingdom

360 degrees fully functioning camera obscura exhibit shaped like the turban of the Ibn al-Haytham character. Forms part of 1001 Inventions’ touring exhibition about Ibn al-haytham.

Ibn al-Haytham experimented in a dark room he called 'Al-Beit Al-Muzlim' or the Dark House. The dark room came to be knows as camera obscura in Latin.

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  • Title: Turban Camera Obscura Exhibit
  • Type: Camera Obscura Exhibit
  • Original Source: 1001 Inventions
  • Rights: All rights reserved ©1001 Inventions
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