A Compleat System of Opticks in Four Books, Viz. A Popular, a Mathematical, a Mechanical, and a Philosophical Treatise. To which are Added Remarks Upon the Whole. By Robert Smith, Volumen1author, and sold there, 1738 - 171 páginas |
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... seen by rays coming from any number of Speculums , lens's or mediums having plane or fpherical furfaces ; and in corollaries from them to deduce the known properties of Telescopes and Mi- croscopes of all forts ; which however are ...
... seen by rays coming from any number of Speculums , lens's or mediums having plane or fpherical furfaces ; and in corollaries from them to deduce the known properties of Telescopes and Mi- croscopes of all forts ; which however are ...
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... seen by refracted or re- flected rays , appears fomewhere in the direction of that line , which the visual ray defcribes after its laft refraction or reflection in falling upon the eye . In the experiments to prove the laws of ...
... seen by refracted or re- flected rays , appears fomewhere in the direction of that line , which the visual ray defcribes after its laft refraction or reflection in falling upon the eye . In the experiments to prove the laws of ...
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... seen by reflection or refraction appear to shake and tremble ; be- cause the last directions of the visual rays are shaken and varied by those motions . Now the reason why an object or point of an object appears always in the direction ...
... seen by reflection or refraction appear to shake and tremble ; be- cause the last directions of the visual rays are shaken and varied by those motions . Now the reason why an object or point of an object appears always in the direction ...
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... seen in a glafs , When equal will be equal to its apparent magnitude to the naked eye in the fame to the true . place , if the glafs was removed , Firft , when the object touches any thin lens or any fingle furface . For the image is ...
... seen in a glafs , When equal will be equal to its apparent magnitude to the naked eye in the fame to the true . place , if the glafs was removed , Firft , when the object touches any thin lens or any fingle furface . For the image is ...
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... seen at one view on one fide of the axis of the telescope . scope confi- 123. The difference between the aftronomical telescope and Galileo's Galileo's tele- telescope or a common perfpective - glafs is this ; instead of the convex ...
... seen at one view on one fide of the axis of the telescope . scope confi- 123. The difference between the aftronomical telescope and Galileo's Galileo's tele- telescope or a common perfpective - glafs is this ; instead of the convex ...
Términos y frases comunes
aberration alfo alſo altitude angle of incidence aperture apparent diftance apparent magnitude appear arch axis bafe becauſe breadth brightneſs cafe caufe cauftick cauſe circle cofine colours concave confequently convex Corol corona curve cylinders decreaſe defcribed denfity diameter diftinct diminiſhed emergent rays equal eye-glafs fame feen femidiameter fhall fhape fhews fide fince fingle firſt fituation fmall focal diſtance focus focuſes fome fquare ftraight fubtends fucceffive fuch fun's fuppofing furface given glaffes glafs glaſs globules Hence horizon incident rays increaſe interfection inverted laft laſt lefs lens light meaſured microſcope muſt obferved object obliquely optick paffing parallel parhelia parhelion pencil perpendicular placed plane pofition prifm produced propofition ratio reafon reflected refracted rays refrangible reprefented retina ſeen ſmall ſphere ſpherical tangent teleſcope thefe theſe thofe thoſe triangles vertical whofe
Pasajes populares
Página 43 - He knew not the shape of any thing, nor any one thing from another, however different in shape, or magnitude, but upon being told what things were, whose form he before knew from feeling, he would carefully observe, that he might know them again; but having too many objects to learn at once, he forgot many of them : and (as he said) at first he learned to know, and again forgot a thousand things in a day.
Página 43 - One particular only (though it may appear trifling) I will relate. Having often forgot which was the cat, and which the dog, he was ashamed to ask ; but catching the cat (which he knew by feeling) he was observed to look at her steadfastly, and then setting her down, said, so puss ! I shall know you another time.
Página 74 - I speak of Light and Rays as coloured or endued with Colours, I would be understood to speak not philosophically and properly, but grossly, and accordingly to such Conceptions as vulgar People in seeing all these experiments would be apt to frame. For the Rays to speak properly are not coloured.
Página 43 - ... a glass of broken jelly, where a great variety of surfaces so differently refract the light, that the several distinct pencils of rays cannot be collected by the eye into their proper foci ; wherefore, the shape of an object in...
Página xiv - France and Ireland Defender of the Faith &c. To all to whom thefe Prefents fhall come Greeting.
Página 89 - Body by the vibrating Motion of the Parts of the Body, and gets beyond the reach of Attraction, being driven away with exceeding great Velocity.
Página 43 - ... (by which the rays cannot be brought into a focus upon the retina) they can discern in no other manner, than a sound eye can through a glass of broken jelly...
Página 44 - Before he was couched, he expected little advantage from seeing, worth undergoing an operation for, except reading and writing; for he said, he thought he could have no more pleasure in walking abroad than he had in the garden, which he could do safely and readily.
Página 44 - ... it; but his gratitude to his operator he could not conceal, never seeing him for some time without tears of joy in his eyes, and other marks of affection ; and if he did not happen to come at any time when he was expected, he would be so grieved, that he could not forbear crying at his disappointment.
Página 44 - A year after first seeing, being carried upon Epsom Downs, and observing a large prospect, he was exceedingly delighted with it, and called it a new kind of seeing.