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National Science and Media Museum Blog
Introduction to the Camera Obscura, origins and adaptations sectionQuote, Introduction to the Camera Obscura, origins and adaptations section
This ability of a pinhole to form an image appears to have been known to the Ancient Chinese as early as the 4th century BC and was first described outside China by the Arabian scholar Alhazen in about 1030.
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