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Optics - Early works to 1800
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An essay on visual glasses, (vulgarly called spectacles) wherein it is shewn, From the Principles of Optics, and the Nature of the Eye, that the common structure of those glasses is contrary to the rules of art, to the nature of things, &c. and very prejudicial to the eyes; the nature of vision in the eye explained, and glasses of a new construction proposed. The whole illustrated by a large copper-plate print. By B. Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: [1756]- Books
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A short system of ortfos, principally designed for the use of undergraduates in the University of Dublin. By the Rev. John Stack, A.M. Late Foot T. Old:
Stack, John, Rev.Date: M,DCC,XCIII. [1793]- Books
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The history and present state of electricity, with original experiments, by Joseph Priestley, LL.D. F.R.S.
Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804.Date: MDCCLXXV. [1775]- Books
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The observations of Newton concerning the inflections of light; accompanied by other observations differing from his; and appearing to lead to a change of his theory of light and colours.
Jordan, G. W. (Gibbes Walker), 1757-1823.Date: 1799- Books
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Elementa opticæ : nova, facili, & compendiosâ methodo explicata : cum schematibus aliquot (ad pleniorem elucidationem) in calce annexis.
Powell, Thomas, 1608-1660Date: 1651