Handbuch der physiologischen optik / H. Hemholtz.

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1867
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Handbuch der physiologischen optik / H. Hemholtz. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Leipzig : Leopold Voss, 1867.

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xiv, 874, 4 unnumbered pages, 11 plates : illustrations ; 8o

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Refr: G-M 1513; Eimas 1887; Norman 1046 Cont: Includes 'Atlas' Titl: Published as Volume IX of - Gustav Karsten, Allgemeine encyklopadie der physik Note: Helmholtz's work gave the first real description of optical physiology, color perception, the mechanism of eye movements, and the measurement of lens curvature. "One of the greatest books on physiological optics" (G-M). "A marvel of style and clarity. He stated the clinical facts separately from the difficult mathematical parts of his investigations that proved his clinical conclusions" (Gorin, History ophthalmology)

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