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  • An allegorical monument to Sir Isaac Newton and his theories on prisms. Line engraving by L. Desplaces after D. M. Fratta after G.B. Pittoni, D. Valeriani and G. Valeriani.
  • Sir Isaac Newton: optical experiments. Stipple engraving by R.M. Meadows, 1809, after G. Romney, 1796.
  • An allegorical monument to Sir Isaac Newton and his theories on prisms. Line engraving by L. Desplaces after D. M. Fratta after G.B. Pittoni, D. Valeriani and G. Valeriani.
  • An eye in a star, the spokes of which divide the spectrum of colours; putti hold a prism, a telescope, a rod refracted in water, and a camera obscura; representing optics. Engraving by J. Chapman, 1820, after A.D. Macquin.
  • An eye in a star, the spokes of which divide the spectrum of colours; putti hold a prism, a telescope, a rod refracted in water, and a camera obscura; representing optics. Engraving by J. Chapman, 1820, after A.D. Macquin.
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    The clinical use of prisms : and the decentering of lenses / by Ernest E. Maddox.

    Maddox, Ernest E. (Ernest Edmund), 1860-1933. | Date: 1907
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    The clinical use of prisms : and the decentering of lenses / by Ernest E. Maddox.

    Maddox, Ernest E. (Ernest Edmund), 1860-1933. | Date: 1893
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    An eye in a star, the spokes of which divide the spectrum of colours; putti hold a prism, a telescope, a rod refracted in water, and a camera obscura; representing optics. Engraving by J. Chapman, 1820, after A.D. Macquin.

    M'Quin, A. D. (Ange Denis), 1756-1823. | Date: January 1820 | Reference: 25681i
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    Sir Isaac Newton: optical experiments. Stipple engraving by R.M. Meadows, 1809, after G. Romney, 1796.

    Romney, George, 1734-1802. | Date: 1809 | Reference: 7417i
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    The perfected prismometer : its practical advantages, construction, and various applications / by C. F. Prentice.

    Prentice, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1854- | Date: [1895?]
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