Carlo Ponti (photographer)

Carlo Ponti (1823 - 1893) was a Swiss-born optician and photographer from Venice.[1][2]

Carlo Ponti was optician to King Victor Emanuel II of Italy and inventor of megalethoscope, a viewing device for photographs.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b The History of the Discovery of Cinematography, Chapter Ten: 1860-1869
  2. ^ Venice: fragile city, 1797-1997, by Margaret Plant, 2002, ISBN 0300083866, p. 128