AstroMedia Hands-on Science Series Building Instructions

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visor, right side

right side

wall

edging

strip

foot rest bracket

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Hands-on Science Series

top cover

and visor

front wall

inner

lens tube

lens

holder

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lens tube

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Page 1 The Camera Obscura top cover and visor visor, right side front wall inner lens tube lens holder right side wall edging strip outer lens tube support foot rest bracket AstroMedia Hands-on Science Series © Klaus Hünig – Translation: A&A Schröer...
Page 2 visor, left side top cover and visor visor, right side viewing screen with tracing paper right side wall rear wall edging strip foot rest bracket door with hinge door latch Contents of this kit...
Page 3 He used a focusing camera obscura to create them. This opening projects the landscape into the interior. The AstroMedia kit works exactly like the camera he used. camera obscura would therefore be the oldest optical In 1826 photography was born when the Frenchman device known to mankind.
Page 4 The craft files from As- troMedia (order No 400.SBF) are also very practical for this. • A sharp craft knife, e.g. the AstroMedia craft knife (order No 401.MES), or a narrow-tipped scalpel to cut the thin holding tabs of the pre-punched parts.
Page 5 Important: “Front” is where the camera obscura has its lens, is also facing upwards. The black areas of the two “back” is where its back wall with the small door is located. parts then point inwards, the gold-printed areas “Left” and “right” then follow automatically. The observer outwards (Fig.
Page 6 Step 3 Step 5 Fold the 3 glue tabs of the right side wall Hold the outer lens tube horizontally and [A3, sheet 2] backwards as well and glue the right turn it so that the side with the connecting piece edge of the front wall to the glue tab in the same is facing downwards.
Page 7 C. The Base Panel way using the large connecting pieces and finally The base panel has glue tabs on all four sides. It consists of glue the small connecting pieces to the remaining four trapezoidal parts and the octagon detached from the free edges of the octagon (see Fig.
Page 8 Step 16 Step 20 Place the lens holder on the end of the in- Detach the door [E2, sheet 2] from the ner lens tube with the glue marks and glue its tabs rear wall and lay it black side down onto your work to the tube.
Page 9 E2. The Mirror and the Viewing Screen F. The Edging Strips Without a mirror, the image would fall onto the back wall The 12 edging strips cover the glued edges of the hous- of the housing and would be upside-down. Reflecting the ing and increase its stability.
Page 10 G. The Top Cover and Visor Step 31 If you now open and close the lid, you will see To make the image on the tracing paper easier to see, the top that the foot rests on the sides of the visor fit into of the Camera Obscura can be shaded by a visor.
Page 11 There is a simple method without having to use a darkroom or chemical developers. Take a sheet of AstroMedia’s Solar Photo Paper (article No. Tip 2 You can see the picture more clearly by cov- 411.FSP) and place the front side of the sketch, which...
Page 12 When this engine starts to turn When you put this stirling engine on tirelessly and at high speed, it attracts top of a hot cup of tea, it transforms the astonished and puzzled looks. heat into rapid rotary motion. AstroMedia Hands-on Science Series...

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