The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 5 |
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... former are relieved by con- cave glasses , and the others by convex ones . Contemporary with Maurolycus was John Baptista Porta , of Naples . He discovered the camera obscura , which throws consider- able light on the nature of vision ...
... former are relieved by con- cave glasses , and the others by convex ones . Contemporary with Maurolycus was John Baptista Porta , of Naples . He discovered the camera obscura , which throws consider- able light on the nature of vision ...
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... former , it will be refracted by this transverse prism into a po- sition inclined to the former , the red ex- tremity being least , and the violet most removed from its former position ; but it will not be at all altered in breadth ...
... former , it will be refracted by this transverse prism into a po- sition inclined to the former , the red ex- tremity being least , and the violet most removed from its former position ; but it will not be at all altered in breadth ...
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... former case than in the latter . As a solar ray was separated into several others of different colours , so , on the con- trary , from these homogeneous rays a ray of heterogeneous light may be compounded , perfectly corresponding both ...
... former case than in the latter . As a solar ray was separated into several others of different colours , so , on the con- trary , from these homogeneous rays a ray of heterogeneous light may be compounded , perfectly corresponding both ...
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... former , all objects that are not situated near the centre of view are more or less distorted . In this , there is no distortion ; so that every line , even the most remote from the centre of view , is as straight as those through the ...
... former , all objects that are not situated near the centre of view are more or less distorted . In this , there is no distortion ; so that every line , even the most remote from the centre of view , is as straight as those through the ...
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... former state of this globe , and having been then endued with the energies of vegetable or animal life . Various appellations have been employed for the purpose of distinguishing these bo- dies from those minerals which do not owe their ...
... former state of this globe , and having been then endued with the energies of vegetable or animal life . Various appellations have been employed for the purpose of distinguishing these bo- dies from those minerals which do not owe their ...
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